Apodemus
Apodemus is a genus of murid containing the field mice as well as other well-known species like the wood mouse and the yellow-necked mouse. The name is unrelated to that of the Mus genus, instead being derived from the Greek ἀπό-δημος.
Apodemus has three species Apodemus Alpicola, Apodemus Flavicollis, and Apodemus Sylvaticus.
To understand the phylogenetic relationships of these organisms can be crucial information in the assist of more findings on adaptation and genetic evolution, and possibly evolution for Apodemus species as well.
Taxonomy
Related to the Ryūkyū spiny rats and the prehistoric Rhagamys – and far more distantly to Mus and Malacomys – it includes these species:''Apodemus sensu stricto''
- Striped field mouse, A. agrarius
- Small Japanese field mouse, A. argenteus
- Chevrier's field mouse, ''A. chevrieri''
''Alsomys''
- South China field mouse, A. draco
- Himalayan field mouse, A. gurkha
- Sichuan field mouse, A. latronum
- Korean field mouse, A. peninsulae
- Taiwan field mouse, A. semotus
- Large Japanese field mouse, ''A. speciosus''
''Sylvaemus''
- Alpine field mouse, A. alpicola
- Yellow-necked mouse, A. flavicollis – includes A. arianus
- Caucasus field mouse, A. hyrcanicus
- Ward's field mouse, A. pallipes
- Black Sea field mouse, A. ponticus
- Wood mouse, A. sylvaticus
- Ural field mouse, A. uralensis
- * Pygmy field mouse, A. u. microps
- * Cimrman Ural field mouse, A. u. cimrmani
- Steppe field mouse, ''A. witherbyi''
''Karstomys ''
- Western broad-toothed field mouse, A. epimelas
- Eastern broad-toothed field mouse, A. mystacinus
- Kashmir field mouse, ''A. rusiges''
Incertae sedis
- Apodemus avicennicus Darvish, Javidkar & Siahsarvie, 2006
- ''A. dominans''