Micromys
[1] Fossils of Micromys date back to the Late Miocene and include at least 10 extinct species, which form several lineages.Distribution ranges from northwest Spain through most of Europe, across Siberia to Korea, north to about 65 degrees in Russia, south to the northern edge of Mongolia.Originally, these mice lived in humid regions with high, long-lasting grasses growing near rivers, ponds, and lakes.As with other members of its subfamily, M. minutus has moderately low crowned teeth with rounded cusps on the biting surface arranged in three longitudinal rows.The auditory bullae are large, and it is thought that the size of these resonating chambers enables the mouse to detect low frequency sounds carried over great distances, and thus be better able to escape predation.
Late MioceneEurasian harvest mouseScientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeRattiniType speciesMicromys erythrotisMicromys minutusrodentsMurinaeIndochinese harvest mouseFossilsHapalomysChiropodomysVandeleuriapolyphyleticsister grouptrue ratsAmerican Society of Mammalogistsprehensile tailWikispeciesChordateEuarchontogliresSulawesian shrew rat (M. naso)TateomysLong-tailed shrew rat (T. macrocercus)Tate's shrew rat (T. rhinogradoides)Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. calamianensis)Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. gliroides)Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. karlkoopmani)Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. major)Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. muroides)Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. pusillus)HaeromysRanee mouse (H. margarettae)Minahassa ranee mouse (H. minahassae)Lesser ranee mouse (H. pusillus)Delacour's marmoset rat (H. delacouri)Marmoset rat (H. longicaudatus)Indochinese harvest mouse (M. erythrotis)Eurasian harvest mouse (M. minutus)Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (V. nilagirica)Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (V. nolthenii)Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (V. oleracea)VernayaRed climbing mouse (V. fulva)CremnomysCutch rat (C. cutchicus)Elvira rat (C. elvira)Crump's mouse (D. crumpi)Blanford's rat (M. blanfordi)MillardiaSand-colored soft-furred rat (M. gleadowi)Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat (M. kathleenae)Kondana soft-furred rat (M. kondana)Soft-furred rat (M. meltada)MuriculusEthiopian striped mouse (M. imberbis)CoelomysSumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides)Mayor's mouse (M. mayori)Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari)Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)M. lepidoidesLittle Indian field mouse (M. booduga)Ryukyu mouse (M. caroli)Fawn-colored mouse (M. cervicolor)Cook's mouse (M. cookii)Cypriot mouse (M. cypriacus)Servant mouse (M. famulus)Sheath-tailed mouse (M. fragilicauda)Macedonian mouse (M. macedonicus)House mouse (M. musculus)Mus nitidulusSteppe mouse (M. spicilegus)Algerian mouse (M. spretus)Earth-colored mouse (M. terricolor)NannomysBaoule's mouse (M. baoulei)Toad mouse (M. bufo)Callewaert's mouse (M. callewaerti)Gounda mouse (M. goundae)Hausa mouse (M. haussa)Desert pygmy mouse (M. indutus)Mahomet mouse (M. mahomet)Matthey's mouse (M. mattheyi)African pygmy mouse (M. minutoides)Temminck's mouse (M. musculoides)Neave's mouse (M. neavei)Free State pygmy mouse (M. orangiae)Oubangui mouse (M. oubanguii)Peters's mouse (M. setulosus)Setzer's pygmy mouse (M. setzeri)Thomas's pygmy mouse (M. sorella)Delicate mouse (M. tenellus)Gray-bellied pygmy mouse (M. triton)PyromysCeylon spiny mouse (M. fernandoni)Phillips's mouse (M. phillipsi)Flat-haired mouse (M. platythrix)Rock-loving mouse (M. saxicola)Shortridge's mouse (M. shortridgei)MyomorphaAnomalomyidaeDipodoideaDipodidaeAllactaginaeAllactagaAllactodipusPygeretmusScarturusCardiocraniinaeCardiocraniusSalpingotulusSalpingotusDipodinaeEremodipusJaculusStylodipusParadipodiniParadipus