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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [[Late Miocene]] - recent
| image = 180429-Waldmaus-01.jpg
| image_caption = [[Wood mouse]] (''Apodemus sylvaticus'')
| taxon = Apodemus
| authority = [[Johann Jakob Kaup|Kaup]], 1829
| type_species = ''[[Striped field mouse|Mus agrarius]]''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = About 20, see text
}}

'''''Apodemus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Muridae|murid]] (true mice and rats) 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)|Mus]]'' genus, instead being derived from the Greek ἀπό-δημος (literally ''away from home'').

== Taxonomy ==
Related to the [[Ryūkyū spiny rat]]s (''Tokudaia'') and the prehistoric ''[[Rhagamys]]'' – and far more distantly to ''[[Mus (genus)|Mus]]'' and ''[[Malacomys]]''<ref>Steppan ''et al.'' (2005)</ref> – 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 ===
{{Further|Incertae sedis}}
*''[[Apodemus avicennicus]]'' Darvish, Javidkar & Siahsarvie, 2006

Prehistoric species described from [[fossil]] remains include:
* ''A. gorafensis'' (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Italy)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands|author=Alexandra van der Geer|author2=George Lyras|author3=John de Vos|author4=Michael Dermitzakis|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2011|isbn=9781444391282}}</ref>
* ''A.  dominans'' <small>(Kolzoi 1959)</small>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001203 | page = 1260}}
* Steppan, S.J.; Adkins, R.M.; Spinks, P.Q. & Hale, C. (2005): Multigene phylogeny of the Old World mice, Murinae, reveals distinct geographic lineages and the declining utility of mitochondrial genes compared to nuclear genes.  ''[[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.]]'' '''37'''(2): 370–388. <small>{{doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.016}}</small> [http://bio.fsu.edu/~steppan/Steppan_etal_Murinae_2005.pdf PDF fulltext]
*Darvish, J.; Javidkar, M.; Siahsarvie, R. 2006. A new species of wood mouse of the genus Apodemus (Rodentia, Muridae) from Iran Zoology in the Middle East

{{Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)}}
{{Myomorpha|E.|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Rodent genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup]]
[[Category:Extant Miocene first appearances]]


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