#0106 · 🦊 mammals
Striped Field Mouse
🇳🇱 Brandmuis ·Apodemus agrarius
📍 Marijampolė, Lithuania
📍 Северо-Восточный административный округ, Москва, Россия
📍 Стеклянная Радица, Брянская обл., Россия, 241560
📍 Восточный административный округ, Москва, Россия
📍 Восточный административный округ, Москва, Россия
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Stas & Lana · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © bosh · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Stas & Lana · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Marijampolė, Lithuania:© Ausra Zilinskiene · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Северо-Восточный административный округ, Москва, Россия:© Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. Стеклянная Радица, Брянская обл., Россия, 241560:© Shumik A · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Восточный административный округ, Москва, Россия:© jamesbot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Восточный административный округ, Москва, Россия:© bird scope · CC BY-NC 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
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
#0013 📷 9Brown Rat
🇳🇱 Bruine Rat
Rattus norvegicus
LC 👀 303 in NL
#0018 📷 9European Wood Mouse
🇳🇱 Gewone bosmuis
Apodemus sylvaticus
LC 👀 156 in NL
#0019 📷 8House Mouse
🇳🇱 Huismuis
Mus musculus
LC 👀 151 in NL
#0031 📷 10Eurasian Harvest Mouse
🇳🇱 Dwergmuis
Micromys minutus
LC 👀 29 in NL
#0059 📷 10Yellow-necked Field Mouse
🇳🇱 Grote bosmuis
Apodemus flavicollis
LC 👀 3 in NL
#0087 📷 9Black Rat
🇳🇱 Zwarte Rat
Rattus rattus
LC 🌍 18.7k seen
#0410 📷 10Rakali
🇳🇱 Australische Beverrat
Hydromys chrysogaster
LC 🌍 2.9k seen
#0471 📷 7Australian Bush Rat
Rattus fuscipes
LC 🌍 2.1k seen
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.
