Rhagapodemus

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]

Rhagapodemus Temporal range: Late Miocene - Mid Pleistocene 5.4–.12 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Apodemini
Genus:	†Rhagapodemus Kretzoi, 1958
Species
R. debruijni R. minor R. primeavus R. vandeweerdi

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]