Steppe field mouse

The steppe field mouse (Apodemus witherbyi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Palestine, Turkey, Jordan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Syria, the Greek island of Rhodes, Ukraine and possibly Afghanistan and Iraq, . 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).^[2]

Steppe field mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Apodemus
Species:	A. witherbyi
Binomial name
Apodemus witherbyi (Thomas, 1902)
Synonyms
Apodemus (Sylvaemus) falzfeini Apodemus fulvipectus Apodemus hermonensis Apodemus iconicus

References

1. Bukhnikashvili, A, Shenbrot, G. and Sozen, M. (2008). Steppe Field Mouse. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. Downloaded on January 18, 2010.
2. 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.