Description ³

The wood mouse is the most common native rodent in Britain. It has brown fur with a reddish tinge and a white or greyish belly. The alternative common name of this species is the long-tailed field mouse, as the tail is often roughly the same size as the combined head and body length. This species can be distinguished from the similar yellow-necked mouse as it lacks a yellow collar that forms a bib on the chest.

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2. (c) Klaus Rassinger, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apodemus_sylvaticus_MWNH_925.jpg
3. (c) Wildscreen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/6685378

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