Tokudaia

TokudaiaKuroda, 1943

Accepterad namn, Mammal Species of the World 2005

ApodemusDivision. Kaneko (2001) provided the first detailed morphological study comparing specimens (of all age groups) from S Okinawa Isl (muenninki) with those from N Amami-oshima Isl (osimensis). The significant morphological differences he documented parallel impressive chromosomal distinctions between the two insular populations (Honda et al., 1978; Tsuchiya, 1981; Tsuchiya et al., 1989),<b> </b>which support the specific status of each as listed by Musser and Carleton (1993). Kaneko also detailed the taxonomic history of the names now associated with Tokudaia.Based on molar morphology, Kawamura (1989) placed Tokudaia in a group containing Apodemus, Pliocene Rhagapodemus, and Quaternary Rhagamys; and suggested that Tokudaia evolved from Miocene Parapodemus Apodemus ancestral stock; its evolutionary link to primitive species of Apodemus, Kawamura suggested, may be found in Mi... [truncated]

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.