Taxonomy Profile: Apodemus (Kaup 1829)

Apodemus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Alsomys
Dukelski 1928
Karstomys
Martino 1939
Nemomys
Thomas 1924
Petromys
Martino 1934
Sylvaemus
Ognev 1924
Common Name(s):
Field Mice []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Apodemus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
mice |
rats |
voles |
campagnols |
rats |
souris |
Subfamily : Murinae
Old World rats |
Old World mice |
Genus : Apodemus
Field Mice |
Apodemus Direct Children(s):
Apodemus agrarius
(Pallas 1771)
Apodemus alpicola
(Heinrich 1952)
Apodemus argenteus
(Temminck 1845)
Apodemus chevrieri
(Milne-Edwards 1868)
Apodemus draco
(Barrett-Hamilton 1900)
Apodemus flavicollis
(Melchior 1834)
Apodemus gurkha
(Thomas 1924)
Apodemus hyrcanicus
(Vorontsov Boyeskorov and Mezhzherin 1992)
Apodemus latronum
(Thomas 1911)
Apodemus mystacinus
(Danford and Alston 1877)
Apodemus peninsulae
(Thomas 1907)
Apodemus ponticus
(Sviridenko 1936)
Apodemus rusiges
(Miller 1913)
Apodemus semotus
(Thomas 1908)
Apodemus speciosus
(Temminck 1845)
Apodemus sylvaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Apodemus uralensis
(Pallas 1811)
Apodemus epimelas
(Nehring 1902)
Apodemus pallipes
(Barrett-Hamilton 1900)
Apodemus witherbyi
(Thomas 1902)
Apodemus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Apodemus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Apodemus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Apodemus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Apodemus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1966-07-01 / 1966-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition
Page(s):
810
Publisher:
Alden Press
Publication Place:
Oxford, England
ISBN/ISSN:
0565004484/
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727652
Reference for:
Apodemus
Apodemus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Apodemus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Apodemus Division. Diagnosed by Niethammer (1978d) using skeletal and soft tissues, body size, and dental traits, and by Martín Suárez and Mein (1998) using dental characters only. Recognized species have been allocated among the subgenera Apodemus, Sylvaemus, Alsomys, and Karstomys (Corbet, 1978c; Zimmermann, 1962), but whether these names designate monophyletic clusters and should be retained as subgenera or instead raised to generic rank remains to be answered by critical systematic revi...