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[1] –, it includes the following species: - Striped Field Mouse, Apodemus agrarius
- Alpine Field Mouse, Apodemus alpicola
- Small Japanese Field Mouse, Apodemus argenteus
- Chevrier's Field Mouse, Apodemus chevrieri
- South China Field Mouse, Apodemus draco
- Yellow-necked Mouse, Apodemus flavicollis – includes A. arianus
- Himalayan Field Mouse, Apodemus gurkha
- Caucasus Field Mouse, Apodemus hyrcanicus
- Sichuan Field Mouse, Apodemus latronum
- Pygmy Field Mouse, Apodemus microps
- Broad-toothed Field Mouse, Apodemus mystacinus
- Ward's Field Mouse, Apodemus pallipes
- Korean Field Mouse, Apodemus peninsulae
- Black Sea Field Mouse, Apodemus ponticus
- Kashmir Field Mouse, Apodemus rusiges
- Taiwan Field Mouse, Apodemus semotus
- Large Japanese Field Mouse, Apodemus speciosus
- Wood Mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
- Ural Field Mouse, Apodemus uralensis
- Steppe Field Mouse, Apodemus witherbyi
Pre-historic species that have been described from fossil remains include: - Apodemus gorafensis (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Italy)[verification needed]
- Apodemus dominans (Kolzoi 1959)
[edit] References - Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. (2005): Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds: Mammal Species of the World - a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference: 894-1531. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Steppan, S.J.; Adkins, R.M.; Spinks, P.Q. & Hale, C. (2005): Multigene phylogeny of the Old World mice, Murinae, reveals distinct geographic lineages and the declining utility of mitochondrial genes compared to nuclear genes. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 37(2): 370-388. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.016 PDF fulltext
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