The Camiguin forest mouse (Apomys camiguinensis) is a forest mouse found only on the island of Camiguin in the southern Philippines. It has large ears and eyes, a long tail and rusty-brown fur, and it feeds mostly on insects and seeds. The first description was based on mice captured during a biological survey in 1994 and 1995 high on the steep slopes of one of the island volcanoes, and the species was named by Heaney and Tabaranza in 2006 in the journal Fieldiana Zoology. The IUCN assessment relayed through GBIF lists it as Vulnerable. Before these surveys a frog had been thought to be the only vertebrate restricted to the island.
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Muridae, Taxa Source GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Apomys camiguinensis in GBIF
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endemic to the island of Camiguin in the southern Philippines
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1. GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Apomys camiguinensis in GBIF
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Distributions, IUCN Red List entry
threatStatus: VULNERABLE
Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Species record, family
family: Muridae
In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Species record, order
order: Rodentia
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endemic to the island of Camiguin in the southern Philippines
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