Apodemus speciosus
(Temminck, 1844)
Large Japanese 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
Authority citation
Temminck, C.J. 1844. Aflevering 2. Pp. 25–59 in Temminck, C.J. Fauna Japonica. Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les îles qui en dépendent. A. Arnz & Co., Leiden, 59 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607636Original name as described
Mus speciosus
Type material
RMNH.MAM.19686.a, RMNH.MAM.19686.b, RMNH.MAM.19687.a, RMNH.MAM.19687.b
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19686.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19686.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19687.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19687.bType locality
Japan.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Japan
Taxonomy notes
a recent molecular study suggested splitting of Apodemus into three genera: Apodemus, Alsomys (including A. speciosus), and Sylvaemus; 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
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