Rhagapodemus Vandeweerdi
''Rhagapodemus'' is a genus of extinct rodent from the Miocene to Pleistocene periods. Most species are known from European localities, although ''R. debruijni'' comes from India. Taxonomy ''Rhagapodemus'' was closely related to the field mice of the genus ''Apodemus''. One species, ''R. minor'', is considered ancestral to another extinct genus, ''Rhagamys'', which was endemic to Sardinia and Corsica up until the end of the Pleistocene. References

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Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene is preceded by the Oligocene and is followed by the Pliocene. As Earth went from the Oligocene through the Miocene and into the Pliocene, the climate slowly cooled towards a series of ice ages. The Miocene boundaries are not marked by a single distinct global event but consist rather of regionally defined boundaries between the warmer Oligocene and the cooler Pliocene Epoch. During the Early Miocene, the Arabian Peninsula collided with Eurasia, severing the connection between the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean, and allowing a faunal interchange to occur between Eurasia and Africa, including the dispersal of proboscideans into Eurasia. During the ...
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