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Wood mouse

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Wood mouse, long-tailed field mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus
Wood mice are one of the most common European small mammals.
Life span
Up to 20 months.

 


Wood Mouse Habits
Territory. The wood mouse normally spends its life within an area of about 180m in diameter. A male mouse usually forages nightly over an area about half the size of a football pitch.

Apodemus sylvaticus (Wood Mouse)
Arvicola amphibius (Water Vole)
Castor fiber (European Beaver)
Cavia porcellus (Domestic Guinea Pig)
Coendou prehensilis (Brazilian Porcupine)
Cricetus cricetus (European Hamster) ...

underpart " The underneath (ventral) side of a mammal (not the back or sides), as of a wood mouse with white underparts.

Feeds primarily on tree seed, fruits, some green plants and invertebrates; their diet is very similar to their close relative the wood mouse.
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See also: Mouse, Burro, Mice, Diver, Squirrel