Apodemus semotus Thomas 1908

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 : 1273

Apodemus semotus Thomas 1908

Apodemus semotus Thomas 1908 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 1: 44.

Type Locality: Taiwan (M.-j. Yu, 1996).

Vernacular Names: Taiwan Field Mouse.

Distribution: Endemic to montane habitats on Taiwan (H.- T. Yu, 1994).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Apodemus group. Usually included in subgenus Alsomys ( Pavlinov et al, 1995 a); placed in an Apodemus Group by Musser et al. (1996) based on morphology, which is consistent with analyses of allozymic data and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences ( Filippucci et al., 2002; Liu et al., 2004; Michaux et al., 2002 a; Serizawa et al., 2000; Suzuki et al., 2003); however, Chelomina et al. (1998 b) grouped A. semotus with A. argenteus using mtDNA cytochrome b sequences. Originally described as a species, but subsequently treated as a subspecies of A. sylvaticus (Ellerman, 1949; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951), then either regarded as a species closely related in morphology to mainland A. draco ( Corbet, 1978 c) or questionably included in that species ( Corbet and Hill, 1992), and finally recognized as a separate specific entity ( Musser and Carleton, 1993; Liu et al., 2002; Musser et al., 1996; Wang, 2003; molecular reports cited above). Included in studies on ecology, altitudinal distributions, and patterns of diversification and genetic population structure of small Taiwanese mammals ( Adler, 1996; H.- T. Yu, 1993, 1994, 1995). Relationship of montane A. semotus to lowland A. agrarius , based upon allozymic data, documented by H.- T. Yu (1995).