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]

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

Apodemus
Rhagamys
Tokudaia

Species

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Recent species

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

Fossil genera

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References

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  1. ^ a b Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2021-12-07
  2. ^ Lecompte, Emilie; Aplin, Ken; Denys, Christiane; Catzeflis, François; Chades, Marion; Chevret, Pascale (2008-07-10). "Phylogeny and biogeography of African Murinae based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences, with a new tribal classification of the subfamily". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8 (1): 199. Bibcode:2008BMCEE...8..199L. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-199. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 2490707. PMID 18616808.
  3. ^ "Mammal Species of the World - Browse: orthodon". www.departments.bucknell.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. ^ Martín Suárez, Elvira; Mein, Pierre (1998-01-01). "Revision of the genera Parapodemus, Apodemus, Rhagamys and Rhagapodemus (Rodentia, Mammalia)". Geobios. 31 (1): 87–97. Bibcode:1998Geobi..31...87M. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(98)80099-5. ISSN 0016-6995.
  5. ^ a b "Early Late Miocene Murine Rodents from the Upper Part of the Nagri Formation, Siwalik Group, Pakistan, with a new fossil calibration point for the Tribe Apodemurini (Apodemus/Tokudaia) | Fossil Imprint" (in Czech). doi:10.2478/if-2017-0011. S2CID 134750740. Retrieved 2021-12-08. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Denys, Christiane; Lecompte, Emilie; Taylor, P. J. (21 July 2017). "Diagnoses and contents of new African and Eurasian Murinae (Rodentia, Muridae) tribes" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-12-08.
  7. ^ Minwer-Barakat, Raef; García-Alix, Antonio; Suárez, Elvira Martín (March 2011). "Validation of the species Stephanomys progressus, a murid (Rodentia) from the early Pleistocene of Spain". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (2): 392–394. Bibcode:2011JPal...85..392M. doi:10.1666/10-131.1. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 128435310.