Apodemus sylvaticus

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Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,304 meters (0 to 17,402 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.4Forest - Temperate 3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation 14.1Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land 14.2Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland 14.3Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations 14.4Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens 14.5Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 05-Feb-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Apodemus

There are approximately 91 species in this genus:

A. agrarius (Striped Field Mouse) · A. agrarius agrarius · A. agrarius chejuensis · A. agrarius chevrieri · A. agrarius coreae · A. agrarius henrici · A. agrarius kahmanni · A. agrarius mantchuricus · A. agrarius ningpoensis · A. agrarius ognevi · A. agrarius pallescens · A. agrarius pallidior · A. agrarius septentrionalis · A. alpicola (Old World Wood and Field Mice) · A. alsomyoides · A. argenteus (Small Japanese Field Mouse) · A. argenteus argenteus (Small Japanese Field Mouse) · A. argenteus hokkaidi · A. argenteus sagax · A. arianus (Persian Field Mouse) · A. atavus · A. cf · A. chevrieri (Chevrier's Field Mouse) · A. chevrieri chevrieri · A. dominans · A. draco (South China Field Mouse) · A. epimelas · A. flavicolis · A. flavicollis (Yellow-Necked Field Mouse) · A. flavicollis argyropuli · A. flavicollis flavicollis · A. flavicollis ponticus · A. flavicollis rusiges · A. flavicollis sicilianus · A. flavicollis wintoni · A. fulvipectus (Yellow-Breasted Field Mouse) · A. geisha · A. gorafensis · A. gudrunae · A. gurkha (Himalayan Field Mouse) · A. hermonensis (Mt Hermon Field Mouse) · A. hyrcanicus (Caucasus Field Mouse) · A. ilex · A. jeanteti · A. latronum (Sichuan Field Mouse) · A. maastrichtiensis · A. mannu · A. maximus · A. microps · A. mystacinus (Broad-Toothed Field Mouse) · A. mystacinus epimelas · A. mystacinus euxinus · A. mystacinus mystacinus (Broad-Toothed Field Mouse) · A. pallipes · A. peninsulae (Korean Field Mouse) · A. peninsulae giliacus · A. peninsulae peninsulae (Korean Field Mouse) · A. peninsulae praetor · A. peninsulae sowerbyi · A. ponticus (Black Sea Field Mouse) · A. primaevus · A. rusiges (Kashmir Field Mouse) · A. semotus (Taiwan Field Mouse) · A. silvaticus · A. speciosus (Large Japanese Field Mouse) · A. speciosus ainu · A. speciosus dorsalis · A. speciosus navigator · A. speciosus sadoensis · A. speciosus speciosus (Large Japanese Field Mouse) · A. sylvaticus (Long-Tailed Field Mouse) · A. sylvaticus arianus · A. sylvaticus callipides · A. sylvaticus chorassanicus · A. sylvaticus ciscaucasicus · A. sylvaticus creticus · A. sylvaticus dichrurus · A. sylvaticus hayi · A. sylvaticus hebridensis · A. sylvaticus microtis · A. sylvaticus milleri · A. sylvaticus orestes · A. sylvaticus pentax · A. sylvaticus stankovici · A. sylvaticus sylvaticus · A. sylvaticus tauricus · A. sylvaticus tscherga · A. tauricus geminae · A. uralensis (Ural Field Mouse) · A. wardi (Ward's Field Mouse) · A. witherbyi

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Further Reading

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• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 25 providers.
• Schlitter, D. & Van der Straeten, E. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480860
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585143
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14570445
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585143
• IUCN ID: 1904
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1033

Footnotes

1. Mean = 335.380 meters (1,100.328 feet), Standard Deviation = 420.990 based on 8,508 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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