Apodemus

Apodemus
Temporal range: Late Miocene - recent
Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Apodemini
Genus: Apodemus
Kaup, 1829
Type species
Mus agrarius
Species

About 20, see text

Apodemus is a genus 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).