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