Synonym: Leggada Gray 1837
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Murinae according to L. A. Ruedas and J. A. W. Kirsch 1997
See also Burney et al. 2008, Gray 1825, Illiger 1811, Linnaeus 1758, McKenna and Bell 1997, van de Weerd 1973 and Worthy 1997
Sister taxa: Antemus, Leopoldamys, Leporillus, Maxomys, Melomys, Myomys, Niviventer, Notomys, Otomyini, Potwarmus, Rattini, Rattus, Saxatilomys, Sundamys, Tonkinomys
Subtaxa: Leggada tenella Mus albigularis Mus alexandrinus Mus bateae Mus bellus Mus commissarius Mus domesticus Mus erythroleucus Mus hipparionum Mus kelleri Mus magnirostris Mus mindanensis Mus minotaurus Mus musculoides Mus musculus Mus pantarensis Mus pasha Mus tagulayensis Mus todayensis Mus vulcani Mus zamboangae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Bahamas (1), China (4), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Cyprus (1), Ecuador (3), France (2), Germany (1), Greece (24), Israel (4), Kenya (1), Madagascar (4), Morocco (6), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (11), Panama (1), Romania (1), South Africa (5), Spain (1), Tanzania (3), Thailand (1), Tunisia (1), Vietnam (1), Yemen (2), Zambia (4)
• Villafranchian of China (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of Afghanistan (1), China (2), Ethiopia (2), India (4), Morocco (2), South Africa (3), Ukraine (1)
• Turolian of China (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (1)
Total: 109 collections including 118 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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