Apomys

Apomys Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Apomys Mearns, 1905
Type species
Apomys hylocetes Mearns, 1905
Species
Apomys abrae Apomys aurorae Apomys banahao Apomys brownorum Apomys camiguinensis Apomys datae Apomys gracilirostris Apomys hylocetes Apomys insignis Apomys iridensis Apomys littoralis Apomys lubangensis Apomys magnus Apomys microdon Apomys minganensis Apomys musculus Apomys sacobianus Apomys sierrae Apomys zambalensis

Apomys is a genus of rodent endemic to the Philippines. Mice belonging to this genus are generally called Philippine forest mice and can be found on most islands of the Philippines except in Palawan, the Sulu Archipelago, and the Batanes and Babuyan group of islands.

Apomys mice weigh from 18g to 128g. The tail is longer or nearly equal the length of the head and body. The soft and thick fur of these mice is darker on the back while the front fur is paler, often nearly white with a moderate orange yellow wash. The hind feet are moderately long and narrow, have six plantar pads, and have digits 2–4 notably longer than digit 5 and the hallux. All species have two pairs of inguinal mammae.

Species

Seventeen species are known:

• Luzon Cordillera Forest Mouse, Apomys abrae Sanborn, 1952
• Apomys aurorae Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
• Apomys banahao Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
• Apomys brownorum Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
• Camiguin Forest Mouse, Apomys camiguinensis Heaney & Tabaranza, 2006
• Luzon Montane Forest Mouse, Apomys datae Meyer, 1899
• Large Mindoro Forest Mouse, Apomys gracilirostris Ruedas, 1995
• Mount Apo Forest Mouse, Apomys hylocoetes Mearns, 1905
• Mindanao Montane Forest Mouse, Apomys insignis Mearns, 1905
• Apomys iridensis Heaney, Balete, Veluz, Steppan, Esseltyn, Pfeiffer & Rickart, 2014
• Mindanao Lowland Forest Mouse, Apomys littoralis Sanborn, 1952
• Apomys lubangensis Heaney, Balete, Veluz, Steppan, Esseltyn, Pfeiffer & Rickart, 2014
• Apomys magnus Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
• Small Luzon Forest Mouse, Apomys microdon Hollister, 1913
• Apomys minganensis Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
• Least Forest Mouse, Apomys musculus Miller, 1911
• Long-nosed Luzon Forest Mouse, Apomys sacobianus Johnson, 1962
• Apomys sierrae Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
• Apomys zambalensis Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011