apodemus

The Apodemus mice, on the other hand, colonized the islands from the mainland in two independent events.

It is financed and written by Apodemus AB.

Apodemus hyrcanicus.

The wood mouse (or long-tailed field mouse)apodemus sylvaticus is around three inches long with a tail of about the same length.

Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus (Lugh Faiyr)

The Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) or Long-tailed Field Mouse is a common rodent.

The hind feet are short compared to 'Apodemus' mice, only long; the normal gait is a run with a stride of about , though they can jump up to .

Wood Mouse or Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) was recorded on the Faroe Islands in the 17th century, but has not been recorded since.

The Western broad-toothed field mouse (Apodemus epimelas) is a species of rodent in the genus Apodemus from southeastern Europe.

A subspecies of Wood Mouse known as the St Kilda Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis) is unique to St Kilda.

RBP3 is also useful at lower taxonomic levels, e.g., in muroid rodents and Malagasy primates, at the phylogeography level in Geomys and Apodemus rodents, and even for carnivora species identification purposes.

However, archaeological evidence now suggests that this species was present during the Middle Iron Age (around 200 BC - AD 400), and one theory proposes that Apodemus was in fact introduced from Orkney where a population had existed since at the least the Bronze Age.