NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Western Broad-toothed Field Mouse
Apodemus epimelas (Nehring, 1902)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The western broad-toothed field mouse (Apodemus epimelas) is a species of rodent in the genus Apodemus from southeastern Europe. It is related to A. mystacinus, which occurs further to the east. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.
Wikipedia contributors, Western broad-toothed field mouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:08:54.736083+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Apodemus epimelas (Nehring, 1902)
- Name authority
- (Nehring, 1902)
- Common name
- Western Broad-toothed Field Mouse
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Apodemus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyMuridae Illiger, 1811
- subfamilyMurinae Illiger, 1811
- genusApodemus Kaup, 1829
- speciesApodemus epimelas (Nehring, 1902)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Apodemus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Striped Field MouseApodemus agrarius (Pallas, 1771) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small Japanese Field MouseApodemus argenteus (Temminck, 1845) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| South China Field MouseApodemus draco (Barrett-Hamilton, 1900) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-necked Field MouseApodemus flavicollis (Melchior, 1834) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyrcanian Field MouseApodemus hyrcanicus Vorontsov, Boyeskorov & Mezhzherin, 1992 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-eared Field MouseApodemus latronum Thomas, 1911 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Broad-toothed Field MouseApodemus mystacinus (Danford & Alston, 1877) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan Field MouseApodemus pallipes (Barrett-Hamilton, 1900) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Korean Field MouseApodemus peninsulae (Thomas, 1907) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caucasus Field MouseApodemus ponticus (Sviridenko, 1936) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kashmir Field MouseApodemus rusiges Miller, 1913 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taiwan Field MouseApodemus semotus Thomas, 1908 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=970802 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:FRHX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.