Wood Mouse

It lives mostly in fields and woods and so is known as Field mouse or Wood mouse.

Wood mouse. This is an appealing creature with large black eyes big ears and an attractive pelage which unlike the drab grey house mouse is. The field mouse is actually a Wood mouse scientific name Apodemus sylvaticus. Wood mice are important prey for tawny owls.

Different species weigh from 15 to 50 grams 05 to 18 ounces and measure from 6 to 15 cm 24 to 59 inches long excluding the. The wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus is one of several rodent species found in IrelandIt is the only one where we have legitimate scientific evidence confirming its long-standing presence on the island. Around 90 mm 354 in in length and 23 g in weight.

The wood mouse is altogether a more attractive proposition than the house mouse. It is mostly nocturnal and an agile climber. Wood mouse genus Apodemus any of about 20 species of small-bodied rodents found from northern Europe eastward to southern China and the Himalayas.

The Wood Mouse is a species that has adapted to living around humans often using houses and outbuildings for their nests. How to identify diet and habitat. Overall Wood mices numbers remain stable today and the animals are currently classified as Least Concern LC on the IUCN Red List.

The reporting rate graph shows an increase in reporting between the spring and autumn when Wood Mice are breeding so there are greater numbers and therefore a greater detectability. It is probably most common in woodland rough grassland and gardens. It is also known as the long-tailed field mouse field mouse common field mouse and European wood mouse.

A mammal native to Europe and northwestern Africa. Almost entirely nocturnal and terrestrial wood mice burrow extensively build nests of plants and live in buildings during harsh seasons. Studies of woodland seed crops and population numbers organised by the Mammal Society show that the seed crop size strongly influences wood mouse numbers in the same autumn and in the following summer.