Apodemus
Apodemus is a genus of Muridae. The name is unrelated to that of the Mus genus, instead being derived from the Greek ἀπό-δημος.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
- Chevrier's field mouse, A. chevrieri
- Small Japanese field mouse, A. argenteus
''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 ''
- Eastern broad-toothed field mouse, A. mystacinus
- Western broad-toothed field mouse, A. epimelas
- Kashmir field mouse, A. rusiges
- Apodemus avicennicus Darvish, Javidkar & Siahsarvie, 2006
Prehistoric species described from fossil remains include:
- A. gorafensis
- A. dominans
