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Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Muridae |
Scientific Name: | Apodemus chevrieri (Milne-Edwards, 1868) | |||
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Taxonomic Notes: | This species was formerly considered a subspecies of A. agraius (Smith and Xie 2008). |
Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Date Assessed: | 2016-09-09 |
Assessor(s): | Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. |
Reviewer(s): | Amori, G. |
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category. |
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Range Description: | This species is endemic to China, occurring in the provinces of Yunnan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, western Hubei, southern Shaanxi, and southern Gansu, and one record from Hunan (Smith and Xie 2008). It occupies elevations between 1,800-2,300 m asl (Smith and Xie 2008). | ||||
Countries occurrence: | Native: China (Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan) | ||||
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Range Map: | Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. |
Population: | There are no current data regarding the population status of this species. | ||
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Habitat and Ecology: | This species occurs in agricultural areas, grassy fields, and open woodland habitats (Smith and Xie 2008). Its diet consists primarily of seeds and sometimes insects (Smith and Xie 2008). It is diurnal (Smith and Xie 2008). |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Generation Length (years): | 1 |
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Major Threat(s): | There are no major threats to this species. |
Conservation Actions: | This species has been recorded in Tangjiaha Nature Reserve, as well as Leigongshan, Shennongjia, Houhe, Taibaishan, Foping, Wanglang, Wolong, Jinfoshan, Ailaoshan, Changshanerhai, Nujiang, Tongbiguan, Wawushan (CSIS 2008), and Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserves (Liu et al. 2005) and is probably present in other protected areas. In China, it has been regionally Red Listed as Least Concern (Wang and Xie 2004). |
Errata reason: | This errata assessment has been created because the map was accidentally left out of the version published previously. |
Citation: | Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. 2016. Apodemus chevrieri (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T1890A115057724. . Downloaded on 22 April 2018. |
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