Taiwan field mouse

Species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in Taiwan

Taiwan field mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)
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)
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)
Tokudaia
(Ryukyu spiny rats)
  • Muennink's spiny rat (T. muenninki)
  • Ryukyu spiny rat (T. osimensis)
  • Tokunoshima spiny rat (T. tokunoshimensis)
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)
Desmomys
  • Harrington's rat (D. harringtoni)
  • Yalden's rat (D. yaldeni)
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)
Mylomys
  • African groove-toothed rat (M. dybowskii)
  • Ethiopian mylomys (M. rex)
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)
Rhabdomys
  • mesic four-striped grass rat (R. dilectus)
  • four-striped grass mouse (R. pumilio)
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)
Archboldomys
  • Mount Isarog shrew-mouse (A. luzonensis)
  • Large Cordillera shrew-mouse (A. maximus)
Soricomys
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)
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)
See also
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Apodemus semotus
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