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Apomys
hylocoetes
Mearns,
1905. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 28:456.

©2002
ORDERRODENTIA
FAMILYMuridae
COMMON NAME
Mindanao mossy forest mouse.
DISTRIBUTIONEndemic
to Mindanao (Bukidnon [FMNH] and Davao del Sur [USNM] provinces)
HABITATUncommon
in primary montane forest at 1900 m and abundant in primary mossy forest
from 2250 m to 2800 m (Heaney et al., unpubl. data.; Musser, 1982c). Probably
widespread on the high peaks of Mindanao.
STATUSStable
and probably moderately widespread.

©2002
(photograph by
L. Heaney)

©2002
(photograph by
L. Heaney)
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