| Luzon Aurora forest mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Apomys |
| Species: | A. aurorae |
| Binomial name | |
| Apomys aurorae Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011 | |
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The Aurora forest mouse (Apomys aurorae) is a small murine endemic to Mt. Mingan in Luzon, Philippines.
Status
The Apomys aurorae is associated with montane and mossy forest in the Mingan Mountains, habitats that are not currently under threat.
References
- ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Apomys aurorae | |
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