Apodemus
| Old World field mice Temporal range: Late Miocene - recent |
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| Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Euarchontoglires |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Myomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Tribe: | Apodemurini |
| Genus: |
Apodemus Kaup, 1829 |
| Species | |
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About 20, see text |
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About 20, see text
Apodemus is the genus of Muridae (true mice and rats) which contains the Eurasian field mice.
Related to the Ryūkyū spiny rats (Tokudaia) and the prehistoric Rhagamys – and far more distantly to Mus and Malacomys – it includes these species:
Prehistoric species described from fossil remains include:
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