Apodemus chevrieri 

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Rodentia	Muridae

Scientific Name:	Apodemus chevrieri (Milne-Edwards, 1868)
Common Name(s): English – Chevrier's Field Mouse
Taxonomic Notes:	This species was formerly considered a subspecies of A. agraius (Smith and Xie 2008).

Assessment Information [top]

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.
Previously published Red List assessments:	2008 – Least Concern (LC) Download assessment 1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (LR/lc) Download assessment

Geographic Range [top]

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)
Additional data:	♦ Lower elevation limit (metres): 1800 ♦ Upper elevation limit (metres): 2300
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	There are no current data regarding the population status of this species.
Current Population Trend:	Unknown
Additional data:	♦ Population severely fragmented: No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

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

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

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 [top]

Errata reason:

This errata assessment has been created because the map was accidentally left out of the version published previously.