Apodemus uralensis

(Pallas, 1811)

Herb 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

Pallas, P.S. 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica. Volumen Primum. In officina Caes. Academiae Scientiarum impress., Saint Petersburg, 568 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114101

Original name as described

Mus sylvaticus Uralensis varietas

Other common names

Pygmy Field Mouse · Ural Field Mouse

Type locality

Southern Ural Mountains, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Czech Republic · Austria · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Croatia · Serbia · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Iran · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan? · Pakistan? · Uzbekistan? · Mongolia?

Taxonomy notes

a recent molecular study suggested splitting of Apodemus into three genera: Apodemus, Alsomys, and Sylvaemus (including A. uralensis); 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/1003027

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Apodemus sylvaticus nankiangensis

Wang Song, 1964

Family

Muridae

Root name

nankiangensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BIZ 13906

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Apodemus microps cimrmani

Vohralík, 2002

Family

Muridae

Root name

cimrmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

DZCUP 01097

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

78

Authority publication

Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Apodemus microtis

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

microtis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:155471

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3142b4e21-18db-4434-b0c8-a94e8d89da9f

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337482

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus sylvaticus mosquensis

(Ognev, 1913)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mosquensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-2562, ZMMU S-2563, ZMMU S-2564, ZMMU S-2565, ZMMU S-96395

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2562 https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2563 https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2564 https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2565 https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-96395

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14956576

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sylvaemus sylvaticus ciscaucasicus

(Ognev, 1924)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ciscaucasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-27310

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-27310

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Rostov on the Don

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sylvaemus sylvaticus ciscaucasicus natio praestans

(Ognev, 1924)

Family

Muridae

Root name

praestans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZMMU S-27317

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-27317

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Nature and Sport in Ukraine

Apodemus uralensis

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

uralensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1905/115059444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Apodemus uralensis nankiangensis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Muridae

Root name

nankiangensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

256

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Mus sylvaticus Uralensis varietas

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Muridae

Root name

uralensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

168

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114101

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Mus wagneri major

(Severtzov, 1873)

Family

Muridae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Mem. Sect. Zool. Amis. Sci. Nat. Moscou

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus tokmak

(Severtzov, 1873)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tokmak

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority publication

Mem. Sect. Zool. Amis. Sci. Nat. Moscou

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Apodemus balchaschensis

Kashkarov, 1922

Family

Muridae

Root name

balchaschensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Бюллетень Средне-Азиатского Государственного Университета

Apodemus arianus pallidus

Kashkarov, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Tashkent

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sylvaemus sylvaticus baessleri

(Dahl, 1929)

Family

Muridae

Root name

baessleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

159

Authority publication

Записки Крымского о-ва естествоиспытателей и любителей природы

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Apodemus sylvaticus kastschenkoi

Kuznetsov, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

kastschenkoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

60-120

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Apodemus microps

Kratochvíl & Rosicky, 1952

Family

Muridae

Root name

microps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

57-70

Authority publication

Zoologické Listy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Apodemus balchanensis

Anonymous, 1981

Family

Muridae

Root name

balchanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

136

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Apodemus parvulus

Mošanský, 1994

Family

Muridae

Root name

parvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

114, 122, 123

Authority publication

Zborník Východoslovenskéhomúzea v Košiciach, Prírodné vedy

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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