Rhagapodemus

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Rhagapodemus
Temporal range: Late
Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Apodemini
Genus: †Rhagapodemus
Kretzoi, 1958
Species
  • R. debruijni
  • R. minor
  • R. primeavus
  • R. vandeweerdi

Rhagapodemus is a genus of extinct rodent from the Miocene to Pleistocene periods.[1] Most species are known from European localities, although R. debruijni comes from India.[2]

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,[3] which was endemic to Sardinia and Corsica up until the end of the Pleistocene.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Rhagapodemus". Fossilworks.
  2. S2CID 128280971.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  3. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/6018.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  4. ISBN 9781119675747
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