Steppe Field Mouse
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Endangered (IUCN2.3, LR/lc)
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| Apodemus witherbyi (Thomas, 1902) |
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Apodemus fulvipectus |
The Steppe Field Mouse (Apodemus witherbyi) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, and probably Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria. The Mount Hermon Field Mouse (sometimes recognized as a distinct species: A. hermonensis) and the Yellow-breasted Field Mouse (sometimes recognized as a distinct species: A. fulvipectus) were considered conspecific with the Steppe Field Mouse by Musser and Carleton (2005). The IUCN lists A. fulvipectus as lower risk and A. hermonensis as endangered.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Apodemus fulvipectus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Apodemus hermonensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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