Species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in Taiwan
Taiwan field mouse |
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Conservation status |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Apodemus |
Species: | A. semotus |
Binomial name |
Apodemus semotus
Thomas, 1908 |
The Taiwan field mouse, also called Formosan wood mouse (Apodemus semotus), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Taiwan.[1][2]
The Taiwan field mouse is primarily distributed in the montane region between 1,400 and 3,000 m.[3] They inhabit various habitat types, such as natural or planted forests, grasslands, farms, and campsites, and are omnivorous feeding on plants, insects and fungi.[4]
Based on morphological measurements, it has been suggested that the Taiwan field mouse is not different from the South China field mouse (Apodemus draco), and should not be considered as a separate species.[5]
The Taiwan field mouse is sexually dimorphic, with male generally larger than females (male: 25.6 ± 0.5 g; female: 23.8 ± 0.5 g[6]). Mark-capture-recapture data suggest that their life span may be less than 1 year in the wild.[7]
References
- ^ a b Smith, A.T. (2016). "Apodemus semotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T1902A22424228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T1902A22424228.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Yu, H. T. (1994). "Distribution and abundance of small mammals along a subtropical elevational gradient in central Taiwan". Journal of Zoology. 234 (4): 577–600. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1994.tb04866.x.
- ^ Lin, L. K.; Shiraishi, S. (1992). "Demography of the Formosan wood mouse Apodemus semotus". Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University. 36 (3/4): 245–266. doi:10.5109/23988.
- ^ Kaneko, Y. (2011). "Taxonomic status of Apodemus semotus in Taiwan by morphometrical comparison with A. draco, A. peninsulae and A. latronum in China, Korea and Myanmar". Mammal Study. 36: 11–22. doi:10.3106/041.036.0102. S2CID 86147955.
- ^ Lin, J. W.; Lo, H. Y.; Wang, H. C.; Shaner, P. J. L. (2014). "The effects of mite parasitism on the reproduction and survival of the Taiwan field mice (Apodemus semotus)". Zoological Studies. 53: 79. doi:10.1186/s40555-014-0079-2.
- ^ Shaner, P. L.; Wu, S. H.; Ke, L.; Kao, S. J. (2013). "Trophic divergence reduces survival in an omnivorous rodent". Evolutionary Ecology Research. 15: 1–14.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)
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Aethomys Division | Aethomys (Bush rats) | - Bocage's rock rat (A. bocagei)
- red rock rat (A. chrysophilus)
- Grant's rock mouse (A. (Micaelamys) granti)
- Hinde's rock rat (A. hindei)
- Tete veld aethomys (A. ineptus)
- Kaiser's rock rat (A. kaiseri)
- Namaqua rock rat (A. (Micaelamys) namaquensis)
- Nyika rock rat (A. nyikae)
- Selinda veld rat (A. silindensis)
- Tinfields rock rat (A. stannarius)
- Thomas's rock rat (A. thomasi)
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Apodemus Division | Apodemus (Old world field mice) | - striped field mouse (A. agrarius)
- Alpine field mouse (A. alpicola)
- small Japanese field mouse (A. argenteus)
- A. avicennicus
- Chevrier's field mouse (A. chevrieri)
- South China field mouse (A. draco)
- Western broad-toothed field mouse (A. epimelas)
- yellow-necked mouse (A. flavicollis)
- Himalayan field mouse (A. gurkha)
- Caucasus field mouse (A. hyrcanicus)
- Sichuan field mouse (A. latronum)
- Eastern broad-toothed field mouse (A. mystacinus)
- Ward's field mouse (A. pallipes)
- Korean field mouse (A. peninsulae)
- Black Sea field mouse (A. ponticus)
- Kashmir field mouse (A. rusiges)
- Taiwan field mouse (A. semotus)
- large Japanese field mouse (A. speciosus)
- wood mouse (A. sylvaticus)
- Ural field mouse (A. uralensis )
- Steppe field mouse (A. witherbyi)
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Tokudaia (Ryukyu spiny rats) | - Muennink's spiny rat (T. muenninki)
- Ryukyu spiny rat (T. osimensis)
- Tokunoshima spiny rat (T. tokunoshimensis)
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Arvicanthis Division | Arvicanthis (Unstriped grass mice) | - Abyssinian grass rat (A. abyssinicus)
- Sudanian grass rat (A. ansorgei)
- Blick's grass rat (A. blicki)
- Nairobi grass rat (A. nairobae)
- Neumann's grass rat (A. neumanni)
- African grass rat (A. niloticus)
- Guinean grass rat (A. rufinus)
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Desmomys | - Harrington's rat (D. harringtoni)
- Yalden's rat (D. yaldeni)
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Lemniscomys (Striped grass mice) | - Barbary striped grass mouse (L. barbarus)
- Bellier's striped grass mouse (L. bellieri)
- Griselda's striped grass mouse (L. griselda)
- Hoogstraal's striped grass mouse (L. hoogstraali)
- Senegal one-striped grass mouse (L. linulus)
- Buffoon striped grass mouse (L. macculus)
- Mittendorf's striped grass mouse (L. mittendorfi)
- single-striped grass mouse (L. rosalia)
- Rosevear's striped grass mouse (L. roseveari)
- typical striped grass mouse (L. striatus)
- Heuglin's striped grass mouse (L. zebra)
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Mylomys | - African groove-toothed rat (M. dybowskii)
- Ethiopian mylomys (M. rex)
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Pelomys (Groove-toothed creek rats) | - Bell groove-toothed swamp rat (P. campanae)
- Creek groove-toothed swamp rat (P. fallax)
- Hopkins's groove-toothed swamp rat (P. hopkinsi)
- Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat (P. isseli)
- least groove-toothed swamp rat (P. minor)
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Rhabdomys | - mesic four-striped grass rat (R. dilectus)
- four-striped grass mouse (R. pumilio)
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Chrotomys Division | Apomys | - Luzon Cordillera forest mouse (A. abrae)
- Luzon Aurora forest mouse (A. aurorae)
- Mount Banahaw forest mouse (A. banahao)
- Mount Tapulao forest mouse (A. brownorum)
- Camiguin forest mouse (A. camiguinensis)
- Luzon montane forest mouse (A. datae)
- large Mindoro forest mouse (A. gracilirostris)
- Mount Apo forest mouse (A. hylocoetes)
- Mindanao montane forest mouse (A. insignis)
- Mount Irid forest mouse (A. iridensis)
- Mindanao lowland forest mouse (A. littoralis)
- Lubang forest mouse (A. lubangensis)
- Luzon giant forest mouse (A. magnus)
- small Luzon forest mouse (A. microdon)
- Mount Mingan forest mouse (A. minganensis)
- least forest mouse (A. musculus)
- long-nosed Luzon forest mouse (A. sacobianus)
- Sierra Madre forest mouse (A. sierrae)
- Luzon Zambales forest mouse (A. zambalensis)
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Archboldomys | - Mount Isarog shrew-mouse (A. luzonensis)
- Large Cordillera shrew-mouse (A. maximus)
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Soricomys | |
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Chrotomys (Luzon striped rats) | - Isarog striped shrew-rat (C. gonzalesi)
- Mindoro striped rat (C. mindorensis)
- Sibuyan striped shrew-rat (C. sibuyanensis)
- blazed Luzon shrew-rat (C. silaceus)
- Luzon striped rat (C. whiteheadi)
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Rhynchomys (Shrewlike rats) | - Banahao shrew-rat (R. banahao)
- Isarog shrew-rat (R. isarogensis)
- Labo shrew-rat (R. labo)
- Mingan shrew-rat (R. mingan)
- Mount Data shrew-rat (R. soricoides)
- Tapulao shrew-rat (R. tapulao)
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- See also
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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Taxon identifiers |
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Apodemus semotus | |
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