Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Alpine Field Mouse, Old World Wood and Field Mice
Common Names in French:
MULOT ALPESTRE
Common Names in Spanish:
RAT?N ALPINO
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It typically occurs in montane
woodland, where it favours areas with
rocks and patches of grass
(Storch 1999).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Heinrich, G.H. Ichneumonidae from the Allgaeu,
Bavaria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12(5):1052-1089.,
1952.
Last scrutiny: 02-May-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Apodemus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 28 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. agrarius (Eurasian Field Mouse) · A. alpicola (Old World Wood and Field Mice) · A. argenteus (Small Japanese Field Mouse) · A. argenteus argenteus (Small Japanese Field Mouse) · A. arianus (Persian Field Mouse) · A. chevrieri (Chevrier's Field Mouse) · A. draco (South China Field Mouse) · A. epimelas (WESTERN BROAD-TOOTHED FIELD MOUSE) · A. flavicollis (Yellow-Necked Field Mouse) · A. fulvipectus (Yellow-Breasted Field Mouse) · A. gurkha (Himalayan Wood Mouse) · A. hermonensis (Mt Hermon Field Mouse) · A. hyrcanicus (Hyrcanian Field Mouse) · A. latronum (Large-Eared Field Mouse) · A. mystacinus (Eastern Broad-Toothed Field Mouse) · A. mystacinus mystacinus (Broad-Toothed Field Mouse) · A. pallipes (Himalayan Field Mouse) · A. peninsulae (Korean Field Mouse) · A. peninsulae peninsulae (Korean Field Mouse) · A. ponticus (Caucasus Field Mouse) · A. rusiges (Kashmir Field Mouse) · A. semotus (Taiwan Field Mouse) · A. speciosus (Large Japanese Field Mouse) · A. speciosus speciosus (Large Japanese Field Mouse) · A. sylvaticus (European Wood Mouse) · A. uralensis (Herb Field Mouse) · A. wardi (Ward's Field Mouse) · A. witherbyi (Steppe Field Mouse)
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Further Reading
- Heinrich, G.H. Ichneumonidae from the Allgaeu, Bavaria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12(5):1052-1089., 1952.
- IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).
- Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
- Spitzenberger F. 2002. Die Säugetierfauna Österreichs. Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft. Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft, Band.
- Storch, G. 1999. Apodemus alpicola. In: A. J. Mitchell-Jones, G. Amori, W. Bogdanowicz, B. Kryštufek, P. J. H. Reijnders, F. Spitzenberger, M. Stubbe, J. B. M. Thissen, V. Vohralík and J. Zima (eds), The Atlas of European Mammals, Academic Press, London, UK.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
Contributors
- Amori, G. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Bertolino, S., Meinig, H. & Spitzenberger, F. 2008. Apodemus alpicola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 108195
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585126
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585126
- IUCN ID: 192101
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 694
Footnotes
- Bertolino, S., Meinig, H. & Spitzenberger, F. 2008. Apodemus alpicola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
