Caucasus Field Mouse

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Caucasus Field Mouse
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Apodemus Species: A. hyrcanicus
Binomial name
Apodemus hyrcanicus Vorontsov, Boyeskorov & Mezhzherin, 1992

The Caucasus Field Mouse (Apodemus hyrcanicus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Azerbaijan.

[edit] References

• 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.
• Tchabovsky, A. 1996. Apodemus hyrcanicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.