▁A . ▁R ued as ▁described ▁the ▁animal ▁as ▁Ap om ys ▁g rac ili ro str is . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁nin th ▁known ▁species ▁of ▁the ▁en demic ▁Filip ino ▁genus ▁Ap om ys , ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁found ▁on ▁Mind oro , ▁after ▁Ap om ys ▁mus cul us ▁( le ast ▁forest ▁mouse ). ▁The ▁edit ors ▁of ▁a ▁compilation ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁m amm als ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines ▁accepted ▁the ▁animal ▁as ▁a ▁new ▁species ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁A . ▁g rac ili ro str is ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁newly ▁described ▁Ap om ys ▁since ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁when ▁Ap om ys ▁sac ob ian us ▁( long - n osed ▁Lu zon ▁forest ▁mouse ) ▁was ▁described . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁far ▁from ▁being ▁the ▁only ▁new ▁species ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁Philippines . ▁Several ▁new ▁rod ents ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁eight ies , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁actually ▁from ▁Mind oro ▁as ▁well ▁( An onym om ys ▁mind or ensis ▁or ▁Mind oro ▁clim bing ▁rat ). ▁A ▁constant ▁supply ▁of ▁new ▁species ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁description ▁of ▁A . ▁g rac ili ro str is . ▁In ▁ten ▁years ▁time , ▁eight ▁new ▁m amm al ▁species ▁were ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁list . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁another ▁new ▁Ap om ys ▁was ▁described : ▁Ap om ys ▁cam igu in