†Mus bateae Mayhew 1977 (house mouse)
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Full reference: D. F. Mayhew. 1977. The endemic Pleistocene murids of Crete I-II. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 80(3):182-214
Belongs to Mus according to D. F. Mayhew 1977
Sister taxa: Mus alexandrinus, Mus domesticus, Mus erythroleucus, Mus hipparionum, Mus minotaurus, Mus musculoides, Mus musculus, Mus sylvaticus, Leggada tenella
Type specimen: Geol. Inst. Utrecht 266, a tooth (right M1). Its type locality is Stavros Cave Micro, which is in a Pleistocene cave sandstone in Greece.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Stavros Cave Micro
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