Definition of wood mouse Wood mouse
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What does wood mouse mean?
WordNet
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| wood mouse - any of various New World woodland mice | ||
| mouse any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails | ||
| peromyscus leucopus, vesper mouse, white-footed mouse American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts | ||
| deer mouse, peromyscus maniculatus brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus | ||
| cactus mouse, peromyscus eremicus burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States | ||
| cotton mouse, peromyscus gossypinus large dark mouse of southeastern United States | ||
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The Wood Mouse ("Apodemus sylvaticus") or Long-tailed Field Mouse is a common rodent.
Habitat.
Almost entirely nocturnal, field mice burrow extensively, digging a series of chambers and runs. Their usual habitat is woodlands, fields and hedgerows, although they are also found in open grassland.
History.
The geographical isolation and recent glacial history of Shetland have resulted in a depleted mammalian fauna. The field mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus L.), along with the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout) and the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus Schwartz & Schwartz), are one of only three recorded types of rodent present on the island. Based largely on moprphological studies of epigenetic variations, the source of the original founding population has been attributed to Norway with the most obvious date of introduction being presumed to be around the 9th century AD with the arrival of the Vikings. However, archaeological evidence now suggests that this species was present during the Middle Iron Age (around 200 BC - AD 400), and one theory proposes that Apodemus was in fact introduced from Orkney where a population had existed since at the least the Bronze Age.[3]
Field Mouse.
Field mouse is the name for a large group of mice in the UK but the real field mouse is the Long Tailed Field Mouse or wood mouse.
Appearence.
They have a solid brown coat with a white belly as shown in the picture. For their size, they have very large eyes and ears. They grow to roughly 10cm long
