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Some facts about the
Striped field mouse
Adult weight : 0.022 kg (0.0484 lbs)
Female maturity :76 days
Male maturity : 76 days
Gestation : 22 days
Weaning : 27 days
Litter size : 6
Litters per year : 3
Interval between litters : 20 days
Weight at birth : 0.002 kg (0.0044 lbs)
Body mass : 0.021 kg (0.0462 lbs)
Striped field mouse
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Apodemus agrarius
The Striped field mouse is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the striped field mouse
A young / baby of a striped field mouse is called a 'pinkie, kitten or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A striped field mouse group is called a 'nest, colony, harvest, horde or mischief'.Countries
Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Korea, North, Korea, South, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Taiwan, Turkey and Ukraine
Facts about the striped field mouse
An additional rodent species, Apodemus agrarius, is the primary reservoir of Hantaan virus (HTN), the causative agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever, which is found throughout Korea and China but not in Europe.
Behavior The black-striped field mouse is an agile leaper and swimmer.
De brandmuis (Apodemus agrarius) is een knaagdier uit de onderfamilie Murinae. (Full text)
HTNV, carried by Apodemus agrarius, is found in Asia; DOBV, carried by Apodemus (Full text)
1. Apodemus, genus Apodemus -- (Old World field mice)Apodemus
genus Apodemus
(Source WordNet)