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, Otomyini, Potwarmus, Rattini, Rattus, Sundamys
Subtaxa: Leggada tenella Mus alexandrinus Mus bateae Mus domesticus Mus erythroleucus Mus hipparionum Mus minotaurus Mus musculoides Mus musculus Mus sylvaticus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Bahamas (1), China (5), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Cyprus (1), the Czech Republic (2), Ecuador (3), France (19), Germany (6), Greece (35), Hungary (12), Israel (4), Italy (13), Kenya (1), Madagascar (4), Monaco (1), Morocco (6), the Netherlands (1), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (11), Panama (1), Portugal (1), Romania (13), South Africa (5), Spain (7), Tanzania (3), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (7), Vietnam (1), Yemen (2), Zambia (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Hungary (2), South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of Afghanistan (1), Austria (2), China (3), Ethiopia (2), Greece (1), Hungary (3), India (4), Morocco (2), South Africa (3), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (4)
Total: 206 collections including 220 occurrences
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