Apodemus sylvaticus - #565
Long-tailed Field Mouse
Side view
Geographic Distribution
European and N African: Europe north to Scandinavia; south to NW Turkey (Thrace and NW Anatolia); and east to C Belarus, E Ukraine, and closely adjacent W Russia, which is the easternmost limit of the species. Range in N Africa extends from Atlas Mtns in Morocco east across Algiers to Tunisia. Also found on Iceland; Britain, Ireland, and numerous nearby islands; Aegean islands; some islands in the Tuscan Arch.; Sardinia, Corsica, and other Mediterranean islands.
Order/Family
Muridae
Genus
Apodemus
Specific Epithet
sylvaticus
Image Location
Sumava Mountains, Czech Republic
Image Date
1980
Photographer
M Andera