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Apodemus
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Apodemus is a genus of murid (true mice and rats) containing the field mice as well as other well-known species like the wood mouse and the yellow-necked mouse. The name is unrelated to that of the Mus genus, instead being derived from the Greek ἀπό-δημος (literally away from home).
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Apodemus is a genus of rodents belonging to the family Muridae. It is classified within the order Rodentia, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The genus was described by Kaup in 1829 and is part of the tribe Apodemini. Its temporal range begins in the Miocene epoch.
Records for this taxon are held by institutions including NHMUK, CM, AMNH, USNM, and TTU. Specimens have been documented in the United Kingdom, Spain, Israel, Guernsey, and China. The genus has an accepted status in taxonomic databases.
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Species
European Wood Mouse
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,031
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Muridae
- Collections
- NHMUK, CM, AMNH, USNM, TTU, MSB
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Spain, Israel, Guernsey, China, Pakistan, Yugoslavia, Hungary
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- ''Apodemus sensu stricto''
- ''Alsomys''
- ''Sylvaemus''
- ''Karstomys ''
- Incertae sedis
- References
- Further reading
Apodemus is a genus of murid (true mice and rats) containing the field mice as well as other well-known species like the wood mouse and the yellow-necked mouse. The name is unrelated to that of the Mus genus, instead being derived from the Greek ἀπό-δημος (literally away from home).
== Taxonomy == Related to the Ryūkyū spiny rats (Tokudaia) and the prehistoric Rhagamys – and far more distantly to Mus and Malacomys – it includes these species:
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