Synonym: Epimys Trouessart 1881
Parent taxon: Murinae according to L. A. Ruedas and J. A. W. Kirsch 1997
See also Burney et al. 2008, Hollister 1916, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Worthy 1997
Sister taxa: Antemus, Leopoldamys, Leporillus, Maxomys, Melomys, Mus, Myomys, Niviventer, Otomyini, Potwarmus, Rattini, Sundamys
Subtaxa: Rattus exulans Rattus flavipectus Rattus norvegicus Rattus rattus Rattus sabanus
Type: Mus decumanus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (21 collections), the Bahamas (1), Cayman Islands (1), China (8), Cook Islands (1), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Ecuador (4), France (2), Greece (1), Guam (2), Indonesia (2), Israel (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), Kenya (3), Madagascar (4), the Marshall Islands (4), the Netherlands Antilles (1), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (29), Niue (7), Northern Mariana Islands (17), Palau (14), Panama (1), the Philippines (3), Reunion (1), Saint Helena (2), South Africa (1), Thailand (1), Vietnam (1), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene of China (3), Hungary (1), Japan (1)
Total: 145 collections including 175 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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