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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is endemic to the Philippines, where it is restricted to the Central Cordillera in north central of Luzon (Heaney et al. 1998). Current studies indicate that previous reports from 760 m to 1,650 m in the Sierra Madre (Danielsen et al. 1994, Mallari and Jensen 1993) do not belong to A. datae (Heaney et al. in prep).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Philippines
Additional data:
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 1600
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 2700
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Population [top]
Population: This is an extremely abundant animal, perhaps the most common small mammal in the Philippines (L. Heaney pers. comm.). This species reaches its highest density in old growth montane and mossy forests, and has stable populations in scrubby areas and secondary growth (L. Heaney pers. comm.).
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species occurs primarily in montane mossy forest from 1,600 m to 2,700 m in the Central Cordillera (Sanborn 1952, Rabor 1955). It also occurs in secondary scrubby forest and there are a few records from high elevation agricultural areas and degraded forest areas. It is found also in disturbed areas (Rickart et al. 2011a).
Systems: Terrestrial
Generation Length (years): 1-2
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Although there are no major threats to this species, there are threats to local populations particularly at lower elevations due to deforestation and habitat loss due to agriculture (L. Heaney pers. comm.).
The type locality on Mt. Data has been largely converted to farm land with high value vegetable crops. However, there is still extensive suitable habitat in the area (L. Heaney pers. comm.).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: The species as currently defined occurs in protected areas. There is a need for further research on taxonomy and to determine its range limits.
Citation: Heaney, L. 2016. Apomys datae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T1910A22431732. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T1910A22431732.en. Downloaded on 14 November 2018.
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