Luzon Aurora forest mouse

Luzon Aurora forest mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Apomys
Species:
A. aurorae
Binomial name
Apomys aurorae
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011

The Aurora forest mouse (Apomys aurorae) is a small murine endemic to Mt. Mingan in Luzon, Philippines.

Status

Apomys aurorae is associated with montane and mossy forest in the Mingan Mountains, habitats that are not currently under threat.

References

  1. 1 2 Heaney, L.R.; Balete, D.S.; Veluz, M.J.; Steppan, S.J.; Esseltyn, J.A.; Pfeiffer, A.W.; Rickart, E.A. (2014). "Two new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Rodentia) from Lubang and Luzon Islands, with a redescription of Apomys sacobianus Johnson, 1962". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 126 (4): 395–413. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.395. S2CID 49347286.