''Apodemus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of Muridae (true mice and rats). The name is unrelated to that of the '' Mus'' genus, instead being derived from the Greek ἀπό-δημος (literally ''away from home'').

Taxonomy

Related to the Ryūkyū spiny rats (''Tokudaia'') and the prehistoric ''

Rhagamys ''Rhagamys'' is an extinct genus of rodents in the subfamily Murinae, the Old World mice and rats. The genus was established by the Swiss zoologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major to accommodate ''Rhagamys orthodon'', commonly known as Hensel's fi ...

'' – and far more distantly to '' Mus'' and '' Malacomys'' – it includes these

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

''Apodemus sensu stricto''

* Striped field mouse, ''A. agrarius'' * Chevrier's field mouse, ''A. chevrieri'' * Small Japanese field mouse, ''A. argenteus''

''Alsomys''

* South China field mouse, ''A. draco'' * Himalayan field mouse, ''A. gurkha'' *

Sichuan field mouse The Sichuan field mouse (''Apodemus latronum'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Qinghai and Sichuan provinces of China, and in India and Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: ...

, ''A. latronum'' * Korean field mouse, ''A. peninsulae'' *

Taiwan field mouse The Taiwan field mouse, also called Formosan wood mouse (''Apodemus semotus''), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the ju ...

, ''A. semotus'' *

Large Japanese field mouse The large Japanese field mouse (''Apodemus speciosus'') is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Japan. Distribution and habitat The species appears to be present on all Japanese islands. It inhabits forests, gr ...

, ''A. speciosus''

''Sylvaemus''

* Alpine field mouse, ''A. alpicola'' *

Yellow-necked mouse The yellow-necked mouse (''Apodemus flavicollis''), also called yellow-necked field mouse, yellow-necked wood mouse, and South China field mouse, is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused. It was only recognised as a ...

, ''A. flavicollis'' – includes ''A. arianus'' *

Caucasus field mouse The Caucasus field mouse (''Apodemus hyrcanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Talysh region in SE Azerbaijan, northern Iran and possibly SW Turkmenistan. References

* Rats of Asia Mammals of the Midd ...

, ''A. hyrcanicus'' *

Ward's field mouse Ward's field mouse (''Apodemus pallipes'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Nepal, and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakist ...

, ''A. pallipes'' * Black Sea field mouse, ''A. ponticus'' *

Wood mouse The wood mouse (''Apodemus sylvaticus'') is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse (''Apodemus flavicollis'') but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, ha ...

, ''A. sylvaticus'' *

Ural field mouse The Ural field mouse (''Apodemus uralensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is also known as the pygmy field mouse. It is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Geor ...

, ''A. uralensis'' ** Pygmy field mouse, ''A. u. microps'' ** Cimrman Ural field mouse, ''A. u. cimrmani'' * Steppe field mouse, ''A. witherbyi''

''Karstomys ''

Eastern broad-toothed field mouse The eastern broad-toothed field mouse (''Apodemus mystacinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Distribution Following the classification of the Balkan population as a separate species western broad-toothed field mouse, the east ...

, ''A. mystacinus'' *

Western broad-toothed field mouse The western broad-toothed field mouse (''Apodemus epimelas'') is a species of rodent in the genus ''Apodemus'' from southeastern Europe. It is related to '' A. mystacinus'', which occurs further to the east. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and ...

, ''A. epimelas'' * Kashmir field mouse, ''A. rusiges''

Incertae sedis

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Apodemus avicennicus ''Apodemus avicennicus'' is a species of rodent found in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbai ...

'' Darvish, Javidkar & Siahsarvie, 2006 Prehistoric species described from

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

remains include: * ''A. gorafensis'' (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Italy) * ''A. dominans'' (Kolzoi 1959)