Synonym: Epimys Trouessart 1881
Parent taxon: Murinae according to L. A. Ruedas and J. A. W. Kirsch 1997
See also Burney et al. 2008, Hollister 1916, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Worthy 1997
Sister taxa: Antemus, Leopoldamys, Leporillus, Maxomys, Melomys, Mus, Myomys, Niviventer, Notomys, Otomyini, Potwarmus, Rattini, Saxatilomys, Sundamys, Tonkinomys
Subtaxa: Epimys (Aethomys) Epimys (Mastomys) Rattus exulans Rattus flavipectus Rattus latidens Rattus norvegicus Rattus rattus Rattus sabanus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (21 collections), the Bahamas (1), Cayman Islands (1), China (11), Cook Islands (1), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Ecuador (4), Ethiopia (5), France (2), Greece (1), Guam (2), Indonesia (2), Israel (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), Kenya (7), Madagascar (4), the Marshall Islands (4), the Netherlands Antilles (1), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (29), Niue (7), Northern Mariana Islands (17), Palau (14), Panama (1), the Philippines (6), Reunion (1), Rwanda (1), Saint Helena (2), South Africa (6), Tanzania (7), Thailand (2), Vietnam (1), Yemen (2), Zambia (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of China (3), Ethiopia (1), Hungary (1), Japan (1), Kenya (1), South Africa (5), Tanzania (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 192 collections including 244 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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