yellow-necked mouse, yellow-necked wood mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) Description Apodemus flavicollis from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes
Date 24 April 2005
Source http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/commanster.html
Author James Lindsey
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apodemus.flavicollis.jpg
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 can climb trees and sometimes overwinters in houses. It is found mostly in mountainous areas of southern Europe, but extends north into parts of Scandinavia and Britain. Order: Rodentia, Superfamily: Muroidea, Family: Muridae, Subfamily: Murinae, Genus: Apodemus, Species: Apodemus flavicollis (Melchior, 1834).
Synonyms:
Apodemus arianus
Apodemus ponticus
