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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superorder
  
Euarchontoglires

Superfamily
  
Muroidea

Scientific name
  
Apodemus

Higher classification
  
Murinae

Order
  
Rodent

Infraclass
  
Eutheria

Suborder
  
Myomorpha

Family
  
Muridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Wood mouse, Yellow‑necked mouse, Striped field mouse, Ural field mouse, Large Japanese field mouse

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Apodemus is the genus of Muridae (true mice and rats) which contains the Eurasian field mice.

Contents

The wood mouse apodemus sylvaticus feeding habits


Taxonomy

Apodemus Yellownecked mouse Wikipedia

Related to the Ryūkyū spiny rats (Tokudaia) and the prehistoric Rhagamys – and far more distantly to Mus and Malacomys – it includes these species:

Apodemus s. str.

  • Striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius
  • Chevrier's field mouse, Apodemus chevrieri
  • Small Japanese field mouse, Apodemus argenteus

    • Alsomys

    Apodemus Old World Field Mice Genus Apodemus iNaturalistorg

  • South China field mouse, Apodemus draco
  • Himalayan field mouse, Apodemus gurkha
  • Sichuan field mouse, Apodemus latronum
  • Korean field mouse, Apodemus peninsulae
  • Taiwan field mouse, Apodemus semotus
  • Large Japanese field mouse, Apodemus speciosus

    • Sylvaemus


  • Alpine field mouse, Apodemus alpicola
  • Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis – includes A. arianus
  • Caucasus field mouse, Apodemus hyrcanicus
  • Ward's field mouse, Apodemus pallipes
  • Black Sea field mouse, Apodemus ponticus
  • Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
  • Ural field mouse, Apodemus uralensis
  • Pygmy field mouse, Apodemus uralensis microps
  • Cimrman Ural field mouse, Apodemus uralensis cimrmani
  • Steppe field mouse, Apodemus witherbyi

    • Karstomys

  • Broad-toothed field mouse, Apodemus mystacinus
  • Western broad-toothed field mouse, Apodemus (mystacinus) epimelas
  • Kashmir field mouse, Apodemus rusiges

    • Prehistoric species described from fossil remains include:

  • Apodemus gorafensis (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Italy)
  • Apodemus dominans (Kolzoi 1959)

    • Apodemus Myszarka Wikiwand

    References

    Apodemus Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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