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Apodemus (Eurasian field mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Apodemus was named by Kaup (1829). It is extant. Its type is Mus agrarius.

It was assigned to Muridae by van de Weerd (1973) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Apodemus Kaup p. 154
1973Apodemus van de Weerd
1997Apodemus McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
genusApodemusKaup 1829

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Apodemus Kaup 1829 [Eurasian field mouse]
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Apodemus agrarius Pallas 1771
†Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976
†Apodemus lii Qiu and Storch 2000
Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 [Eastern broad-toothed field mouse]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (251 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Spain (Castellon) Apodemus gudrunae (34928)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Apodemus sp. (205341)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Granada) Apodemus gudrunae (26752)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Cuneo) Apodemus gudrunae (175903)
Vallesian - Turolian11.608 - 5.333Italy (Foggia) Apodemus sp. (32931 32942 32944 32946 32947 32948 32949 32950 32951 32952 32953 32954 32955 32956 32957 32958 32960 32961 32962 32963 32964 32965 32966 32969 32970 32985)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Greece (Chalkidiki) Apodemus dominans, Apodemus gorafensis (191612)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Apodemus gorafensis (205089 205090)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) Apodemus gudrunae (35321 35346)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Apodemus dominans, Apodemus gudrunae (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Granada) Apodemus dominans (35077)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Italy Apodemus sp. (92423)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece Apodemus dominans, Muridae indet. (31928) Apodemus gudrunae (31940) Apodemus gudrunae, Apodemus dominans (31924)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Apodemus sp. (174455)
Turolian - Ruscinian8.7 - 3.2Greece (Xanthi) Apodemus dominans, Apodemus gorafensis (205296) Apodemus gorafensis (205297)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Apodemus atavus, Apodemus gudrunae (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Apodemus gudrunae (144566)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Greece (Rhodes) Apodemus dominans (68046)
MN 137.246 - 4.9China (Tibet) Apodemus sp. (115611 115621)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain Apodemus gorafensis (68317)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Dodecannese) Apodemus dominans (184242)