Mount Irid forest mouse

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Mount Irid forest mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Apomys
Species:
A. iridensis
Binomial name
Apomys iridensis
Heaney, Balete, Veluz, Steppan, Esseltyn, Pfeiffer & Rickart, 2014 [1]
Range Apomys iridensis.png

The Mount Irid forest mouse (Apomys iridensis) is a forest mouse endemic to Mount Irid in Luzon, Philippines. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Heaney, L.R.; Balete, D.S.; Veluz, M.J.; Steppan, S.J.; Esseltyn, J.A.; Pfeiffer, A.W.; Rickart, E.A. (2014). "Two new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Rodentia) from Lubang and Luzon Islands, with a redescription of Apomys sacobianus Johnson, 1962". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 126 (4): 395–413. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.395. S2CID   49347286.