Mus bateae Mayhew 1977 (house mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

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 albigularis, Mus alexandrinus, 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 sylvaticus, Mus tagulayensis, Mus todayensis, Mus vulcani, Mus zamboangae, 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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