Apodemus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 (wood mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Alternative combination: Mus sylvaticus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Apodemus according to R. Dehm 1962

See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Apodemus agrarius, Apodemus alsomyoides, Apodemus atavus, Apodemus gudrunae, Apodemus lii, Apodemus mystacinus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (2 collections), Czechia (2), France (17), Germany (6), Greece (13), Hungary (12), Israel (1), Italy (13), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (1), Portugal (2), Romania (13), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (7)

• Villafranchian of Hungary (3)

• MN 16 of Austria (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Hungary (2)

• Pliocene of Austria (1), Greece (1)

Total: 105 collections including 106 occurrences

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