Apodemus is the genus of Muridae (true mice and rats) which contains the Eurasian field mice. Related to the Ryūkyū spiny rats (Tokudaia) and the prehistoric Rhagamys – and far more distantly to Mus and Malacomys – it includes the following species: Prehistoric species that have been described from fossil remains include: ==Footnotes== ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apodemus