Rhagapodemus

<i>Rhagapodemus</i>

Rhagapodemus

Extinct genus of rodent

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]

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Rhagapodemus". Fossilworks.
  2. [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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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    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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. [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.
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