Apomys hylocetes Mearns 1905

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1282

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Apomys hylocetes Mearns 1905
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Apomys hylocetes Mearns 1905 View in CoL

Apomys hylocetes Mearns 1905 View in CoL , Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus ., 28: 456.

Type Locality: Philippines, Mindanao Isl, Mt Apo, 6000 ft (1830 m).

Vernacular Names: Mindanao Mossy Forest Apomys.

Synonyms: Apomys petraeus Mearns 1905 .

Distribution: Greater Mindanao Faunal Region. Endemic to Mindanao in primary montane forest between 1900 and 2800 m; probably widespread on high peaks of the island ( Heaney et al., 1998.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Included within Apomys abrae hylocetes Group by Musser (1982 b), who also explained why petraeus is a synonym. Standard karyotype (2n = 48, FN = 56) of A. hylocetes is strikingly dissimilar to that of sympatric A. insignis (2n = 36, FN = 36), but this phyletic estimate is contradicted by phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome b sequences, which indicates they are sister species and most closely related to an undescribed species from the islands of Leyte and Biliran and an undescribed species on Camiguin Isl ( Steppan et al., 2003). An hypothesis explaining the evolutionary origins of these four species is presented by Steppan et al. (2003).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Apomys

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Apomys hylocetes Mearns 1905

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Apomys hylocetes

Mearns 1905: 456
1905
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