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Apomys
littoralis
(Sanborn,
1952). Fieldiana Zool., 33:134.
ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Mindanao
lowland forest mouse.
DISTRIBUTION—Endemic
to the Mindanao Faunal Region: Biliran (USNM), Bohol (USNM), Leyte (USNM),
and Mindanao (Lanao del Sur [DMNH], and Maguindanao [FMNH] provinces).
HABITAT—The
holotype was taken on the coastal plain of northern Cotabato (now Maguindanao)
Province. An additional specimen taken at about 1400 m in Lanao del Sur
was tentatively referred to this species (Musser, 1982c). Specimens tentatively
referred to this species were common on Leyte in primary montane and mossy
forest and on Biliran in montane forest and were rare in lowland forest
on Leyte and Bohol (Heaney et al., 1989; Rickart et al., 1993; Heaney
et al., unpubl. data). Specimens initially referred to this species from
Negros (Musser, 1982c) are an undescribed species (Musser and Heaney,
1992) listed here as Apomys sp. A.
STATUS—Uncertain,
because of taxonomic uncertainty.
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