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<h2 id="taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2> <p>Related to the <a href="/facts/Ry%25C5%25ABky%25C5%25AB_spiny_rat/BESjtaTa">Ryūkyū spiny rats</a> (<i>Tokudaia</i>) and the prehistoric <i><a href="/facts/Rhagamys/gjkacDz3">Rhagamys</a></i> – and far more distantly to <i><a href="/facts/Mus_(genus)/MrLnW2PT">Mus</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Malacomys/QlNV2Es6">Malacomys</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> – it includes these <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a>: </p> <h3><i>Apodemus sensu stricto</i></h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Striped_field_mouse/VmV4vJNl">Striped field mouse</a>, <i>A. agrarius</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Small_Japanese_field_mouse/7XBWFe1k">Small Japanese field mouse</a>, <i>A. argenteus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Chevrier%2527s_field_mouse/HwVcujuN">Chevrier's field mouse</a>, <i>A. chevrieri</i></li></ul> <h3><i>Alsomys</i></h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/South_China_field_mouse/xb4EhIpY">South China field mouse</a>, <i>A. draco</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Himalayan_field_mouse/JJ6BhldR">Himalayan field mouse</a>, <i>A. gurkha</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sichuan_field_mouse/TAPK7Idk">Sichuan field mouse</a>, <i>A. latronum</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Korean_field_mouse/828DGb6l">Korean field mouse</a>, <i>A. peninsulae</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Taiwan_field_mouse/Uawqro6a">Taiwan field mouse</a>, <i>A. semotus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Large_Japanese_field_mouse/b7botzTK">Large Japanese field mouse</a>, <i>A. speciosus</i></li></ul> <h3><i>Sylvaemus</i></h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Alpine_field_mouse/3evLpu4B">Alpine field mouse</a>, <i>A. alpicola</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Yellow-necked_mouse/LLpHRSzL">Yellow-necked mouse</a>, <i>A. flavicollis</i> – includes <i>A. arianus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Caucasus_field_mouse/KHGlll5s">Caucasus field mouse</a>, <i>A. hyrcanicus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ward%2527s_field_mouse/Q3085dYc">Ward's field mouse</a>, <i>A. pallipes</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Black_Sea_field_mouse/MCLDYjEI">Black Sea field mouse</a>, <i>A. ponticus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wood_mouse/JIQTE5FV">Wood mouse</a>, <i>A. sylvaticus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ural_field_mouse/9hkk0M1E">Ural field mouse</a>, <i>A. uralensis</i> <ul><li>Pygmy field mouse, <i>A. u. microps</i></li> <li>Cimrman Ural field mouse, <i>A. u. cimrmani</i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Steppe_field_mouse/33bKrDln">Steppe field mouse</a>, <i>A. witherbyi</i></li></ul> <h3><i>Karstomys </i></h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Western_broad-toothed_field_mouse/8vm83t6I">Western broad-toothed field mouse</a>, <i>A. epimelas</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Eastern_broad-toothed_field_mouse/qfoHchuY">Eastern broad-toothed field mouse</a>, <i>A. mystacinus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kashmir_field_mouse/1T44MRh2">Kashmir field mouse</a>, <i>A. rusiges</i></li></ul> <h3>Incertae sedis</h3> <p class="note">Further information: <a href="/facts/Incertae_sedis/kWyo2wYR">Incertae sedis</a></p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Apodemus_avicennicus/yofl2N9S">Apodemus avicennicus</a></i> Darvish, Javidkar & Siahsarvie, 2006</li></ul> <p>Prehistoric species described from <a href="/facts/Fossil/by7NzIA1">fossil</a> remains include: </p> <ul><li><i>A. gorafensis</i> (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Italy)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><i>A. dominans</i> (Kolzoi 1959)</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Guy_Musser/t2llSfKT">Musser, G. G.</a>; Carleton, M. D. (2005). <a href="http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001203">"Superfamily Muroidea"</a>. In <a href="/facts/Don_E._Wilson/uflYWPqE">Wilson, D. E.</a>; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). <a href="http://www.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA1260"><i>Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference</i></a> (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1260. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-8018-8221-0. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/62265494">62265494</a>.</li> <li>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. <i><a href="/facts/Molecular_Phylogenetics_and_Evolution/ny9L7Pza">Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.</a></i> 37(2): 370–388. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2005.04.016">10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.016</a> <a href="http://bio.fsu.edu/~steppan/Steppan_etal_Murinae_2005.pdf">PDF fulltext</a></li> <li>Darvish, J.; Javidkar, M.; Siahsarvie, R. 2006. A new species of wood mouse of the genus Apodemus (Rodentia, Muridae) from Iran Zoology in the Middle East</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Steppan et al. (2005) <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Alexandra van der Geer; George Lyras; John de Vos; Michael Dermitzakis (2011). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781444391282. <a href="9781444391282" target="_blank">9781444391282</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>