The Mount Banahaw forest mouse (''Apomys banahao'') is a forest
mouse
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endemic to the
Mount Banahaw
Mount Banahaw (; also spelled as Banahao and Banájao) is an active complex volcano on Luzon in the Philippines. The three-peaked volcano is located at the boundary of Laguna and Quezon provinces. It is the highest mountain in both provinces ...
area in the
Philippines
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.
References
Apomys
Fauna of Luzon
Mammals described in 2011
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