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#0106 · 🦊 mammals

Striped Field Mouse

🇳🇱 Brandmuis ·Apodemus agrarius

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Striped Field Mouse, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The striped field mouse ( Apodemus agrarius ) is a rodent in the family Muridae. The range of this species stretches from Eastern Europe to Eastern Asia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,287iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 5,287 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1771 (255 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Striped Field Mouse
Nederlands
Brandmuis
scientific name
Apodemus agrarius
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Muridae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
4,067
sightings worldwide
5,287
GBIF records in NL
8
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1771 by Peter Simon Pallas

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Muridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 45568, Wikidata Q631822, GBIF 2437761, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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