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Micromys (harvest mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Micromys was named by Dehne (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Muridae by Wilson and Reeder (1993) and MacDonald (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Micromys Dehne
1993Micromys Wilson and Reeder
1997Micromys McKenna and Bell
2001Micromys MacDonald

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—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
genusMicromysDehne 1841

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.

G. Micromys Dehne 1841 [harvest mouse]
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†Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979
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Invalid names: Micromys kozaniensis van de Weerd 1979 [synonym]
†Micromys steffensi van de Weerd 1979
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: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Pieria) Micromys steffensi (205335)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Greece (Chalkidiki) Micromys paricioi (191612)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Micromys steffensi (32374)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Micromys sp. (174455)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece Micromys bendai (31928 31940 32190) Muridae indet. (31924)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Micromys sp. A (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Micromys bendai (205089 205090 205093)
Turolian - Ruscinian8.7 - 3.2Greece (Xanthi) Micromys steffensi (205296)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Micromys bendai (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Nei Mongol) Micromys kozaniensis (75300)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Kozani) Micromys bendai (205082 205086 205087 205088) Micromys steffensi (205083 205084)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Micromys praeminutus (43633)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Macedonia) Micromys kozaniensis (35088) Micromys steffensi (35087) Micromys steffensi, Micromys bendai (35086)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) Micromys minutus (40391)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China Micromys sp. (13485)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Albacete) Micromys minutus (41932 41933 41937)
Ruscinian - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Greece Micromys bendai (31931)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Micromys praeminutus (35354)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Turkey (Eskişehir) Micromys sp. (230655)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland Micromys praeminutus (33473)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Micromys praeminutus (35368)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Micromys praeminutus (35370)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Andalucia) Micromys sp. (34998)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Evvia) Micromys praeminutus (34590)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Micromys sp. (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Micromys sp. (32145 33973)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary Micromys praeminutus (39797)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) Micromys minutis (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Micromys sp. (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece Micromys minutus (34786)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Castilla-Leon) Micromys minutus (34916)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Micromys minutus (35905)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Micromys minutus (34872) Micromys savini, Micromys minutus (34920)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Micromys minutus (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castellon) Micromys minutus (34932)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Micromys minutus (55533)