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The striped field mouse has an extensive but disjunct distribution, split into two ranges. The first reaches from central and eastern Europe to Lake Baikal (Russia) in the north, and China in the south. The second includes parts of the Russian Far East and from there reaches from Mongolia to Japan.
Apodemus is a genus of murid (true mice and rats) containing the field mice as well as other well-known species like the wood mouse and the yellow-necked mouse. The name is unrelated to that of the Mus genus, instead being derived from the Greek ἀπό-δημος (literally away from home ).
The Jeju striped field mouse (Apodemus chejuensis) is a field mouse found only on Jejudo, an island in the northern East China Sea off the southwestern coast of South Korea. It was originally described in 1965 as a subspecies of Apodemus agrarius. However, a 1992 study of mitochondrial DNA found that it was in fact a separate species.
The yellow-necked mouse is very similar to the wood mouse but differs in having a slightly longer tail and larger ears, and a complete band of yellow fur across the neck area. [4] The adult head and body length is 3.5 to 5.25 inches (89–133 mm) with a tail about as long again, and the weight varies between 1 and 1.5 ounces (28–43 g).
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The eastern broad-toothed field mouse (Apodemus mystacinus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Distribution ...
Field mouse, in Europe, Asia and North Africa, one of several species of mice in the genus Apodemus; Field mouse, in North America, a vole, such as: Meadow vole, a North American vole; Field mouse, in South America, one of several species of mice in the genus Akodon
The Ural field mouse (Apodemus uralensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is also known as the pygmy field mouse. It is found in Armenia, ...