#0059 · 🦊 mammals

Yellow-necked Field Mouse

🇳🇱 Grote bosmuis ·Apodemus flavicollis

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Teemu Lehtinen · CC BY 4.0
3. Białystok County, Poland:© Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
4. Norderstedt, Germany:© Anita Sprungk · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Елагин остров, Санкт-Петербург, Россия:© Andrey Gulivanov · CC BY 4.0
6. Дзензелівка, Черкаська область, Україна, 20141:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Germany:© Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
8. Wierzeje, 97-300 Piotrków Trybunalski, Polska:© Deyran Ajad · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Zarasų, LT-UN, LT:© margiris · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Powiat iławski, Polska:© Bartosz Czołczyński · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The yellow-necked mouse ( Apodemus flavicollis ), also called yellow-necked field mouse , yellow-necked wood mouse , and South China field mouse , is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused. It was only recognised as a separate species in 1894. It differs in its band of yellow fur around the neck and in having slightly larger ears and usually being slightly larger overall. Around 100 mm in length, it can climb trees and sometimes overwinters in...

base stats

NL sightings 3iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,897iNaturalist 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).