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Luzon Cordillera forest mouse

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The Luzon Cordillera forest mouse (Apomys abrae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae that is found in the Philippines. According to the Mammal Diversity Database it belongs to the subfamily Murinae, the tribe Hydromyini and the genus Apomys, in the subgenus Megapomys, and it lives in the Indomalaya biogeographic realm with its distribution recorded for the Philippines. It was first described in 1952 by C. C. Sanborn, in a report on the mammals of the Philippine Zoological Expedition of 1946 and 1947, under the name Rattus (Apomys) abrae. The holotype came from Massisiat, at an altitude of about 1,067 metres in Abra Province on the island of Luzon, which is the source of its name. The same database lists Cordillera pine forest mouse and Luzon Cordillera Apomys as other common names, and the IUCN Red List rates the species Least Concern.

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Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
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Muridae, Taxa
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Source Luzon Cordillera forest mouse (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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found in the Philippines
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1. Mammal Diversity Database: Mammal Diversity Database: Luzon Cordillera forest mouse
Mammal Diversity Database
  • IUCN Red List status
    Least Concern
  • Species status
    Living
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Luzon Cordillera forest mouse (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, range
    found in the Philippines
  • Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead sentence
    species of rodent in the family Muridae
  • In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead sentence, rodent
    species of rodent in the family Muridae
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