🐭Wood mouse
The wood mouse is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, has slightly smaller ears, and is usually slightly smaller overall: around 90 mm (3.54 in) in length and 23 g in weight. It is found across most of Europe and is a very common and widespread species, is commensal with people and is sometimes considered a pest. Other common names are long-tailed field mouse, field mouse, common field mouse, and European wood mouse. This species is a known potential carrier of the Dobrava sequence of hantavirus which affects humans and may pose serious risks to human health.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 0.02 kg
- Body length
- 0.12 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 6.32 years
Everything we know about the Wood mouse
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.02 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.02 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.12 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass0.58 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan6.32 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 6.3 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length1.72 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity58 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation23 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 5COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5.2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.01 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1,700 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Wood mouse yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyMuridae
- ›genusApodemus
- ›speciesApodemus sylvaticus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusApodemus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderMyomorpha
- familyMuridae
- genusApodemus
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