Rhagapodemus

Extinct genus of rodent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rhagapodemus is a genus of extinct rodent from the Miocene to Pleistocene periods.[1] Most species are known from European localities, although R. debruijni comes from India.[2]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
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Rhagapodemus
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Mid Pleistocene 5.4–.12 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Apodemini
Genus: Rhagapodemus
Kretzoi, 1958
Species
  • R. debruijni
  • R. minor
  • R. primeavus
  • R. vandeweerdi
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Taxonomy

Rhagapodemus was closely related to the field mice of the genus Apodemus. One species, R. minor, is considered ancestral to another extinct genus, Rhagamys,[3] which was endemic to Sardinia and Corsica up until the end of the Pleistocene.[4]

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