Rhagapodemus

Rhagapodemus Temporal range: Late Miocene - Mid Pleistocene 5.4–.12  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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]

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]

References

1. "Rhagapodemus". Fossilworks.
2. Kotlia, B.S., Storch, G. & Dahlmann, T. (1998). "Rhagapodemus debruijni from the Pliocene of Kashmir Basin: First record ofRhagapodemus from India (Mammalia: Rodentia)" . Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 78 (1–2): 213–216. doi:10.1007/BF03042771. S2CID   128280971.
3. Piras, Paolo & Sansalone, Gabriele & Marcolini, Federica & Tuveri, Caterinella & Arca, Marisa & Kotsakis, Tassos (2012). "Evolutionary trends and stasis in molar morphology of Rhagapodemus-Rhagamys lineage in the Pleistocene of Sardinia". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 118: 533–541. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/6018.
4. van der Geer, Alexandra; Lyras, George; de Vos, John (April 27, 2021). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. Wiley. p. 534. ISBN   9781119675747.