Apodemus draco

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It inhabits forest heath habitat , and likely to occur in modified habitats. In South Asia, it is a nocturnal and fossorial species, occurs in tropical evergreen and montane rainforest, where it is seen at high altitude along the streams (Molur et al. 2005). [1].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4     Grassland   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Apodemus draco (Barrett Hamilton 1900)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 02-May-2001

Requires taxonomic review (Musser and Carleton 2005).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Apodemus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 28 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. agrarius (Eurasian Field Mouse) · A. alpicola (Old World Wood and Field Mice) · A. argenteus (Small Japanese Field Mouse) · A. argenteus argenteus (Small Japanese Field Mouse) · A. arianus (Persian Field Mouse) · A. chevrieri (Chevrier's Field Mouse) · A. draco (South China Field Mouse) · A. epimelas (WESTERN BROAD-TOOTHED FIELD MOUSE) · A. flavicollis (Yellow-Necked Field Mouse) · A. fulvipectus (Yellow-Breasted Field Mouse) · A. gurkha (Himalayan Wood Mouse) · A. hermonensis (Mt Hermon Field Mouse) · A. hyrcanicus (Hyrcanian Field Mouse) · A. latronum (Large-Eared Field Mouse) · A. mystacinus (Eastern Broad-Toothed Field Mouse) · A. mystacinus mystacinus (Broad-Toothed Field Mouse) · A. pallipes (Himalayan Field Mouse) · A. peninsulae (Korean Field Mouse) · A. peninsulae peninsulae (Korean Field Mouse) · A. ponticus (Caucasus Field Mouse) · A. rusiges (Kashmir Field Mouse) · A. semotus (Taiwan Field Mouse) · A. speciosus (Large Japanese Field Mouse) · A. speciosus speciosus (Large Japanese Field Mouse) · A. sylvaticus (European Wood Mouse) · A. uralensis (Herb Field Mouse) · A. wardi (Ward's Field Mouse) · A. witherbyi (Steppe Field Mouse)

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Further Reading

• Molur, S., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Walker, S., Nameer, P. O. and Ravikumar, L. 2005. Status of non-volant small mammals: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P) workshop report. Zoo Outreach Organisation / CBSG-South Asia., Comibatore, India.
• Musser, G. G., Brothers, E. M., Carleton, M. D. and Hutterer, R. 1996. Taxonomy and distributional records of Oriental and European Apodemus, with a review of the Apodemus-Sylvaemus problem. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage 46(1-4): 431-190.
• Smith, A. and Xie, Y. 2008. The Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.

Notes

Contributors

• Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Lunde, D. & Molur, S. 2008. Apodemus draco. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:

• Field Museum: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 108199
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585130
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585130
• IUCN ID: 192104
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1162

Footnotes

1. Lunde, D. & Molur, S. 2008. Apodemus draco. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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