The northern Luzon Apomys is a forest mouse from Luzon. A research paper places it in the ground-foraging subgenus Megapomys.
The paper places A. datae in the large-bodied subgenus Megapomys. It describes members of this group as having tails about as long as, or slightly shorter than, the body.
The paper describes Megapomys species as foraging on the ground and includes A. datae in that subgenus.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.