Apodemus epimelas

(Nehring, 1902)

Western Broad-toothed Field Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Apodemini
Genus : Apodemus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Nehring, A. 1902. Herr A. Nehring sprach über einige griechische Nager. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1902:1-7.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7931189

Original name as described

Mus epimelas

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Agoriana, Parnassos, Greece.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro · Serbia · Kosovo · Albania · North Macedonia · Bulgaria · Greece

Taxonomy notes

a recent molecular study suggested splitting of Apodemus into three genera: Apodemus, Alsomys, and Sylvaemus (including A. epimelas); this revision was based on phylogenies created using cytochrome b sequences that show Apodemus sensu lato as monophyletic, but the three proposed genera as paraphyletic with each other; the authors supported the revision with the deep divergence time between the various clades; however, given that the genus is already monophyletic and that the proposed genera are not reciprocally monophyletic, Apodemus is retained as a single genus here pending more integrative taxonomic research

Taxonomy notes citation

Mezhzherin, S., & Tereshchenko, V. (2023). Taxonomic Hierarchy and Evolutionary Scenario of the Genus Group Apodemus sl (Muridae) of the Palearctic based of Genetic Differentiation in the cyt-b Gene. Zoodiversity, 57(1), 1-12.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003012

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mus epimelas

(Nehring, 1902)

Family

Muridae

Root name

epimelas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7931189

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Apodemus epimelas

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

epimelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136816/519247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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