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Apomys
musculus
Miller,
1911. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 38:403.
©2002
ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Least
Philippine forest mouse.
DISTRIBUTION—Endemic
to Dinagat (FMNH) and Luzon (Benguet [USNM], Camarines Sur [FMNH], and
Isabela [FMNH] provinces) and Mindoro (FMNH).
HABITAT—
Abundant in primary montane forest (1125 - 1350 m), uncommon in mossy
forest (1550 - 1750 m), and absent in disturbed lowland forest (475 -
900 m) on Mt Isarog, southern Luzon (Balete & Heaney, in press; Heaney
et al., in press; Rickart et al., 1991). Recorded in disturbed lowland
forest at 300 m in northeastern Luzon (Danielsen, 1994; Mallari and Jensen,
1993) and at 1500 m in Benguet (Miller, 1911), and in ridgetop mossy forest
at 750 m on Dinagat (Tabaranza, unpubl. data).
STATUS—Apparently
widespread and moderately common at medium elevations.
NOTE ADDED IN 2005--Documented in montane forest at 925 m elevation in Balbalasang, Kalinga Province (Heaney et al. 2004)
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