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Mus sylvaticus (wood mouse)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Muridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus p. 62
1911Apodemus sylvaticus Thomas p. 148
1927Mus sylvaticus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
subfamilyMurinae
genusMus
speciessylvaticus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 [wood mouse]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MN 16 to the top of the Holocene or 3.55000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Austria (Lower Austria) Apodemus sylvaticus (167717)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Greece (Kos) Apodemus sylvaticus (34654)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Apodemus sylvaticus (35076)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Apodemus sylvaticus (35383 35473)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Austria (Lower Austria) Apodemus sylvaticus (167680)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Komaromesztergom) Apodemus sylvaticus (35373)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Apodemus sylvaticus (35369 35371)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece Apodemus sylvaticus (34767 34785 34786)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Barany) Apodemus sylvaticus (35427 35442 35457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Macedonia) Apodemus sylvaticus (34783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Peloponnisos) Apodemus sylvaticus (34766)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Anhui) Apodemus sylvaticus (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Herault) Apodemus sylvaticus (48980)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Verona) Apodemus sylvaticus (43644)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Granada) Apodemus sylvaticus (35169)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Apodemus sylvaticus (35905)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Apodemus sylvaticus (32145 32192 32194 32195 33973 33974 33975 34008 34009)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Kos) Apodemus sylvaticus (205041)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Apodemus sylvaticus (35428 35431 35432)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Greece (Thessaly) Apodemus sylvaticus (34808)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Czechia Apodemus sylvaticus (35907)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Apodemus sylvaticus (49992 49993 49994 49995 49997)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Cote d'Or) Apodemus sylvaticus (49084 49085)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Herault) Apodemus sylvaticus (48987 49054)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Apodemus sylvaticus (43656)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Apodemus sylvaticus (34765)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117China (Shaanxi) Apodemus sylvaticus (37204)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Apodemus sylvaticus (36760)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Puglia) Apodemus sylvaticus (44091)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Apodemus sylvaticus (43701 43705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Apodemus sylvaticus (49999 50194)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Mus sylvaticus, Apodemus sylvaticus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Peloponnesos) Apodemus sylvaticus (200081)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Apodemus sylvaticus (35045 35047 35476 36706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czechia Apodemus sylvaticus (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Limousin region) Apodemus sylvaticus (36428 36437 36438 36439)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Barany) Apodemus sylvaticus (35467)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Apodemus sylvaticus (34981)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Apodemus sylvaticus (50249)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Apodemus sylvaticus (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Apodemus sylvaticus (34010 34011 34012 40260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Apodemus sylvaticus (50260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Apodemus sylvaticus (43643 43645 43653)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Limousin Region) Apodemus sylvaticus (36429)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) Apodemus sylvaticus (48889 48891 48893)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Apodemus sylvaticus (34842 34985)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Apodemus sylvaticus (187637)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castellon) Apodemus sylvaticus (34932)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) Apodemus sylvaticus (43666 43692 43696 43697)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Herault) Apodemus sylvaticus (49088)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Mus sylvaticus (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece Apodemus sylvaticus (203847 204954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel Apodemus sylvaticus (225667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Apodemus sylvaticus (40984)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Serres) Apodemus sylvaticus (204956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Arrasate) Apodemus sylvaticus (191758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Apodemus sylvaticus (43629 43631)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Apodemus sylvaticus (55533)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Apodemus sylvaticus (215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Vicenza) Apodemus sylvaticus (43667)