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Tarsomys
apoensis
Mearns, 1905. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 28:453.
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ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Dusky
moss mouse, Mindanao dusky rat.
DISTRIBUTION—Known
only from the highlands of Mindanao (Bukidnon [FMNH], Davao del Sur [FMNH],
Misamis Occidental [SU], Misamis Oriental [FMNH], and Zamboanga del Norte
[UPLB] provinces).
HABITAT—
From 1550 m to 2400 m in montane and mossy forest (Musser and Heaney,
1992).
STATUS—
Moderately
common in high-elevation forest.
©2002
(photograph by L. Heaney)
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