Rhagapodemus is a genus of extinct rodent from the Miocene to Pleistocene periods.[1] Most species are known from European localities, although R. debruijni comes from India.[2]
Taxonomy
Rhagapodemus was closely related to the field mice of the genus Apodemus. One species, R. minor, is considered ancestral to another extinct genus, Rhagamys,[3] which was endemic to Sardinia and Corsica up until the end of the Pleistocene.[4]
^van der Geer, Alexandra; Lyras, George; de Vos, John (April 27, 2021). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. Wiley. p. 534. ISBN9781119675747.
