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Mus sylvaticus (wood mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Mus sylvaticus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Apodemus sylvaticus by Thomas (1911).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. elegans, M. flynni, M. hamidae, M. linnaeusi, M. pahari, M. spretus, M. minutoides, M. triton

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
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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