Parent taxon: Muridae according to D. MacDonald 2001
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Aethomys, Afrocricetodontinae, Allorattus, Anthracomys, Apodemus, Arvicanthis, Bolomys, Castillomys, Castorina, Castromys, Centralomys, Chiropodomys, Colomys, Dasymys, Deomyinae, Echymina, Extrarius, Gerbillinae, Gerbua, Grammomys, Hapalomys, Huaxiamys, Huerzelerimys, Hydromina, Hyomys, Karnimata, Kritimys, Lemniscomys, Mastacomys, Mastomys, Mikrotia, Murina, Murinae, Myocricetodontinae, Myotomys, Mysops, Nesokia, Occitanomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Paraethomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Praomys, Proceromys, Progonomys, Rhabdomys, Rhagamys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Spalacinae, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tachyoryctoidinae, Thallomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys
Subtaxa: Micromys bendai Micromys minutus Micromys steffensi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (2), Romania (2), Spain (5), Turkey (1)
• Pliocene of China (2), Germany (1), Greece (11), Hungary (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (4), Turkey (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (2)
• Miocene of Greece (10), Italy (7), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 58 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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