St Kilda Field Mouse

St Kilda Field Mouse

Taxobox
name = St Kilda Field Mouse


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
superfamilia = Muroidea
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Murinae
genus = "Apodemus"
species = "A. sylvaticus"
trinomial = "Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis"
trinomial_authority = (Barrett-Hamilton, 1899)

The St Kilda Field Mouse ("Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis") is a subspecies of wood mouse endemic to the Scottish isles of St. Kilda. It is generally twice as heavy as mainland field mice and has longer hair and a longer tail, they are mostly grey in colour and although hard to find are very common.

It is not to be confused with the St Kilda House Mouse, which is now extinct.


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