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

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
Eurasian field mousePBDB
Sits inside
MuridaePBDB
Diet
herbivore, insectivorePBDB, for Muridae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Muridae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 5.3 million years on record.

The record covers at least 5.333 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 410 occurrencesMiocene — about 65 of 410 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 105 of 410 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 237 of 410 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 3 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 4 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 4 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 4 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 7 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 9 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 15 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 15 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 25 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 32 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 30 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 37 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 51 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 42 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 130 occurrences5.333 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

410 occurrences of Apodemus on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

410 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

27 formations

facies à Congeria — 45.05°N, 7.93°ELefkon — 41.17°N, 23.50°ELefkon — 41.18°N, 23.42°ESpilia — 41.15°N, 23.48°EAlfambra — 40.39°N, 2.61°WAlfambra — 40.59°N, 2.69°WAlfambra — 40.52°N, 2.72°WProlemais — 40.46°N, 21.78°EProlemais — 40.50°N, 21.74°EKomnina — 40.43°N, 21.80°EBaza — 37.72°N, 2.47°WValdeganga — 39.15°N, 1.67°WPlatanochori — 40.57°N, 23.47°ECromer Forest Bed — 52.94°N, 1.25°EZanda — 31.42°N, 79.75°EGonia — 40.37°N, 23.11°EChoremi — 37.38°N, 22.09°EPorsuk — 39.52°N, 31.67°EPorsuk — 39.52°N, 31.65°ELatamne — 35.13°N, 36.75°EApolakkia — 36.08°N, 27.80°EGerakarou — 40.68°N, 23.15°ELishi — 34.17°N, 109.25°EDursunlu — 38.28°N, 31.91°EChikoi — 51.03°N, 106.65°EAlcala — 39.17°N, 1.52°WPonte Naja — 42.78°N, 12.41°EAlhambra — 37.24°N, 3.61°WSant Onofre — 40.76°N, 0.59°E

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The named rock units Apodemus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 339 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Apodemus and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Apodemus and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

999 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 332 sites for Apodemus, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

135 references

Each of the 410 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 123 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Apodemus

Credit
BlueBreezeWiki
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Kaup 1829