Apodemini

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Apodemini

Apodemini is a tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae.[1][2] It contains two extant genera, one found throughout Eurasia and the other endemic to the Ryukyu Islands. Several fossil genera are also known from throughout Eurasia, including one large species (Rhagamys) that persisted on Sardinia and Corsica up until at least the first millennium BC, when it was likely wiped out by human activity.[3][4][5]

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Apodemini
Temporal range: Late Miocene - present 11–0 Ma
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Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Apodemini
Lecompte, 2008
Species

Apodemus
Rhagamys
Tokudaia

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Recent species

Species in the tribe include:[1][6]

Fossil genera

  • Genus †Parapodemus (Miocene to Pleistocene of Eurasia)
    • Parapodemus coronensis
    • Parapodemus gaudryi
    • Parapodemus lugdunensis
    • Parapodemus meini
  • Genus †Progonomys[5]
    • Progonomys cathalai
    • Progonomys hispanicus
    • Progonomys hussaini
    • Progonomys manolo
    • Progonomys morganae
    • Progonomys orientalis
    • Progonomys woelferi
  • Genus †Rhagamys (Late Pleistocene of Sardinia and Corsica)
  • Genus †Rhagapodemus (Miocene to Pleistocene of Europe)
    • Rhagapodemus vandeweerdi
  • Genus †Stephanomys
    • Stephanomys ramblensis
    • Stephanomys stadii
    • Stephanomys progressus[7]

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