Rhagapodemus Explained

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]

Notes and References

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

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