Apodemini is a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

muroid The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except A ...

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

s in the subfamily

Murinae The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families excep ...

. It contains two extant genera, one found throughout

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and the other

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni ...

. Several

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

genera are also known from throughout Eurasia, including one large species (''

Rhagamys ''Rhagamys'' is an extinct genus of rodents in the subfamily Murinae, the Old World mice and rats. The genus was established by the Swiss zoologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major to accommodate ''Rhagamys orthodon'', commonly known as Hensel's fi ...

'') that persisted on

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

and

Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...

up until at least the

first millennium BC The 1st millennium BC, also known as the last millennium BC, was the period of time lasting from the years 1000 BC to 1 BC ( 10th to 1st centuries BC; in astronomy: JD – ). It encompasses the Iron Age in the Old World and sees the transiti ...

, when it was likely wiped out by human activity.

Species

Recent species

Species in the tribe include: * Genus ''

Apodemus ''Apodemus'' is a genus of Muridae (true mice and rats). The name is unrelated to that of the '' Mus'' genus, instead being derived from the Greek ἀπό-δημος (literally ''away from home''). Taxonomy Related to the Ryūkyū spiny rat ...

'' - Old World field mice ** Striped field mouse, ''Apodemus agrarius'' ** Alpine field mouse, ''Apodemus alpicola'' **

Small Japanese field mouse The small Japanese field mouse (''Apodemus argenteus'') is a species of rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of ...

, ''Apodemus argenteus'' ** Chevrier's field mouse, ''Apodemus chevrieri'' ** South China field mouse, ''Apodemus draco'' **

Yellow-necked mouse The yellow-necked mouse (''Apodemus flavicollis''), also called yellow-necked field mouse, yellow-necked wood mouse, and South China field mouse, is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused. It was only recognised as a ...

, ''Apodemus flavicollis'' – includes ''A. arianus'' ** Himalayan field mouse, ''Apodemus gurkha'' **

Caucasus field mouse The Caucasus field mouse (''Apodemus hyrcanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Talysh region in SE Azerbaijan, northern Iran and possibly SW Turkmenistan. References

* Rats of Asia Mammals of the Midd ...

, ''Apodemus hyrcanicus'' **

Sichuan field mouse The Sichuan field mouse (''Apodemus latronum'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Qinghai and Sichuan provinces of China, and in India and Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: ...

, ''Apodemus latronum'' ** Pygmy field mouse, ''Apodemus microps'' **

Eastern broad-toothed field mouse The eastern broad-toothed field mouse (''Apodemus mystacinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Distribution Following the classification of the Balkan population as a separate species western broad-toothed field mouse, the east ...

, ''Apodemus mystacinus'' **

Western broad-toothed field mouse The western broad-toothed field mouse (''Apodemus epimelas'') is a species of rodent in the genus ''Apodemus'' from southeastern Europe. It is related to '' A. mystacinus'', which occurs further to the east. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and ...

, ''Apodemus epimelas'' **

Ward's field mouse Ward's field mouse (''Apodemus pallipes'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Nepal, and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakist ...

, ''Apodemus pallipes'' **

Korean field mouse The Korean field mouse (''Apodemus peninsulae''), also known as the Korean wood mouse, is a species of mouse. It is distributed across Northeastern Asia, including the Russian Far East, northern China, the Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin, and Hokkaidō ...

, ''Apodemus peninsulae'' ** Black Sea field mouse, ''Apodemus ponticus'' ** Kashmir field mouse, ''Apodemus rusiges'' **

Taiwan field mouse The Taiwan field mouse, also called Formosan wood mouse (''Apodemus semotus''), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the ju ...

, ''Apodemus semotus'' **

Large Japanese field mouse The large Japanese field mouse (''Apodemus speciosus'') is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Japan. Distribution and habitat The species appears to be present on all Japanese islands. It inhabits forests, gr ...

, ''Apodemus speciosus'' **

Wood mouse The wood mouse (''Apodemus sylvaticus'') is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse (''Apodemus flavicollis'') but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, ha ...

, ''Apodemus sylvaticus'' **

Ural field mouse The Ural field mouse (''Apodemus uralensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is also known as the pygmy field mouse. It is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Geor ...

, ''Apodemus uralensis'' ** Steppe field mouse, ''Apodemus witherbyi'' * Genus ''

Tokudaia ''Tokudaia'' is a genus of murine rodent native to Japan. Known as Ryūkyū spiny rats or spinous country-rats, population groups exist on several non-contiguous islands. Despite differences in name and appearance, they are the closest living rel ...

'' - Ryūkyū spiny rats ** Muennink's spiny rat, ''Tokudaia muenninki'' **

Ryukyu spiny rat The Ryukyu spiny rat (''Tokudaia osimensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Endemic to Amami Ōshima island in the Amami Islands of the Ryukyu archipelago of Japan, its natural habitat is subtropical moist broadleaf forest. Th ...

, ''Tokudaia osimensis'' ** Tokunoshima spiny rat, ''Tokudaia tokunoshimensis''

Fossil genera

* Genus †'' Parapodemus'' (Miocene to Pleistocene of Eurasia) ** †'' Parapodemus coronensis'' ** †'' Parapodemus gaudryi'' ** †'' Parapodemus lugdunensis'' ** †'' Parapodemus meini'' * Genus †'' Progonomys'' **†'' Progonomys cathalai'' **†'' Progonomys hispanicus'' **†'' Progonomys hussaini'' **†'' Progonomys manolo'' **†'' Progonomys morganae'' **†'' Progonomys orientalis'' **†'' Progonomys woelferi'' *Genus †''

'' (Late Pleistocene of Sardinia and Corsica) ** † Hensel's field mouse, ''Rhagamys orthodon'' (extinct circa 1000 B.C.) * Genus †''

Rhagapodemus ''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 mic ...

'' (Miocene to Pleistocene of Europe) ** †'' Rhagapodemus vandeweerdi'' *Genus †'' Stephanomys'' **†'' Stephanomys ramblensis'' **†'' Stephanomys stadii'' **†'' Stephanomys progressus''

References

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