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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Murinae — the Eurasian field mice.
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Examples
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Also belonging to the genus Apodemus is the Mount Hermon field mouse A. iconicus Heptner, 1948.
Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Also belonging to the genus Apodemus is the Mount Hermon field mouse A. iconicus Heptner, 1948.
The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006
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Similar attachments have been reported in other species: in April 1929, a group of young forest mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) was reported in Holstein; and there have been reports of squirrel kings.
Boing Boing 2008
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A further four sub-species are endemic to both Yaku Island and the neighbouring island of Tanegashima, including Apodemus speciosus dorsalis.
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Here, ancient and primitive mammals are represented by the unusual long-clawed mole-vole (Prometheomys schaposchnikowi), and representatives of the genera Mesocricetus, Sicista, and Apodemus.
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Family Species Sciuridae Petaurista magnificus Sciuridae Petaurista nobilis Apodemus Apodemus gurkha* An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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These species include: Moschus moschiferus, Apodemus speciosus, Luscinia cyane, L. sibilans, Carpodacus roseus, Apus pacificus, Streptopelia orientalis, Tetrao parvirostris, Anas formosa and Corvus corone.
East Siberian taiga 2008
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The main representatives are the mountain hare (Lepus tolai), Korean field mouse (Apodemus peninsulae), squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), and root vole (Microtus oeconomus).
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Whereas the squirrels are near-endemic species that are shared with neighboring ecoregions, Apodemus gurkha is a strict endemic that has been recorded only from this ecoregion.
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For instance, the endemic St Kilda wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis (which survived the human depopulation where the house mouse did not), and St Kilda wrenTroglodytes troglodytes hirtensis (~230 pairs in 2002).
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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