Apomys veluzi
Heaney, Balete, M. R. M. Duya, M. V. Duya, Kyriazis, Rickart, Steppan, & Rowsey, 2025
Veluz's Mindoro Forest Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Hydromyini |
| Genus | : Apomys |
| Subgenus | : Megapomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S., Duya, M.R.M., Duya, M.V., Kyriazis, C.C., Rickart, E.A., Steppan, S.J. and Rowsey, D.M. 2025-06-12. Three new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Mammalia), members of a clade endemic to Mindoro Island. Zootaxa 5647(1):1-26.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.1.1Original name as described
Apomys (Megapomys) veluzi
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:222928 (=> NMPh 9665)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Philippines: Mindoro Island: Occidental Mindoro Province: Abra de Ilog Municipality: 0.65 km N, 2.1 km E Mt. Abra de Ilog peak, elevation 710 m; 13.40867° N, 120.61901° E (Fig. 1)."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Philippines
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Heaney, L. R., Balete, D. S., Duya, M. R. M., Duya, M. V., Kyriazis, C. C., Rickart, E. A., Steppan, S. J., & Rowsey, D. M. (2025). Three new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Mammalia), members of a clade endemic to Mindoro Island. Zootaxa, 5647(1), 1-26.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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