Striped Field Mouse
The striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) is a rodent in the family Muridae. The range of this species stretches from Eastern Europe to Eastern Asia. == Synonyms == Accepted synonyms include Apodemus albostriatus (Bechstein, 1801), Apodemus caucasicus (Kuznetzov, 1944), Apodemus chejuensis (Johnson and Jones, 1955), Apodemus coreae (Thomas, 1908), Apodemus gloveri (Kuroda, 1939), Apodemus harti (Thomas, 1898), Apodemus henrici (Lehmann, 1970), Apodemus insulaemus (Tokuda, 1939 and 1941), Apodemus istrianus (Kryštufek, 1985), Apodemus kahmanni (Malec and Storch, 1963), Apodemus karelicus (Ehrström, 1914), Apodemus maculatus (Bechstein, 1801), Apodemus mantchuricus (Thomas, 1898), Apodemus nicolskii (Charlemagne, 1933), Apodemus nikolskii (Migouline, 1927), Apodemus ningpoensis (Swinhoe, 1870), Apodemus ognevi (Johansen, 1923), Apodemus pallescens (Johnson and Jones, 1955), Apodemus pallidior (Thomas, 1908), Apodemus pratensis (Ockskay, 1831), Apodemus rubens (Oken, 1816), Apodemus septentrionalis (Ognev, 1924), Apodemus tianschanicus (Ognev, 1940) and Apodemus volgensis (Kuznetzov, 1944). == Description == The upper parts of the striped field mouse are grayish brown with a rusty tint with a prominent mid-dorsal black stripe. The under parts are paler and grayish. The ears and eyes are relatively small. The body length reaches 126 mm, with a tail of up to 90 mm, and it weighs up to 50 g. == Distribution and habitat ==…
Harz National Park
Harz (LK Goslar), Germany
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where dense beech and spruce forests rise across rolling highlands, ancient granite peaks emerge from blankets of mist, creating one […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJasmund National Park
Sassnitz, Germany
+126 birds+26 mammals
Soaring white limestone cliffs plunge dramatically toward the Baltic Sea, their chalk faces sculpted by millennia of wind and wave […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDanube Delta Biosphere Reserve
Tulcea, Romania
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where Europe’s mightiest river dissolves into the Black Sea, a labyrinth of reed beds, shallow lagoons, and floating islands creates […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDuna-Ipoly National Park
Dömös, Hungary
+121 birds+30 mammals
Where the Danube carves its sinuous path through northern Hungary, limestone ridges rise abruptly from the river valley, their pale […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLosiny Ostrov National Park
Balashikhinsky District, Russia
+120 birds+30 mammals
Ancient pine and birch forests sweep across undulating terrain where the Moskva River winds through Moscow’s northeastern reaches, creating a […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOjców National Park
Ojców, Poland
+69 birds+9 mammals
Where limestone gorges knife through southern Poland’s Vistula Valley, a temperate landscape of remarkable ecological drama unfolds across 82 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKampinos National Park
Gurba, Poland
+123 birds+30 mammals
Vast wetlands and ancient pine forests sprawl across the sandy plains just northwest of Warsaw, where Poland’s largest national park […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBiałowieża National Park
Bialowieza, Poland
+105 birds+29 mammals
Ancient woodland sprawls across the Polish-Belarusian border where primordial forests have escaped the axe for centuries. This 198-square-kilometre sanctuary harbours […]
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