What is Wood mouse?
{{speciesbox | name = Wood mouse | image = 180626-Gelbhalsmaus-01.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | genus = Apodemus | species = sylvaticus | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | range_map = Apodemus_sylvaticus_distribution.PNG | range_map_caption = ''Apodemus sylvaticus'' range (in green) | synonyms = ''Mus sylvaticus'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}} }} [[File:Apodemus sylvaticus MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.236.30.jpg|thumb|Skull of ''Apodemus sylvaticus'']] The '''wood mouse''' (''Apodemus sylvaticus'') is a common [[rodent]]. It is also known as the '''long-tailed field mouse''', '''field mouse''', '''common field mouse''', and '''European wood mouse'''. == Habitat == Almost entirely [[nocturnal]], field mice [[burrow]] extensively, digging a series of chambers and runs. Their usual habitat is [[woodland]]s, [[Field (agriculture)|fields]] and [[hedgerows]], although they are also found in open grassland. == History == The [[Geography|geographica]]<nowiki/>l isolation and recent [[glacial]] history of [[Shetland]] means there are few [[Mammal|mammals]] there. The field mouse, the [[brown rat]], and the [[house mouse]] are one of only three types of [[rodent]] on the islands. They were thought to have come from [[Norway]] around the 9th century AD with the arrival of the [[Vikings]]. There is [[Archaeology|archaeological]] evidence that wood mice were present during the Middle Iron Age (around 200 BC - AD 400), and one theory is that Apodemus came from [[Orkney Islands|Orkney]] where a population had existed since at the least the Bronze Age. === Field mouse === Field mouse is the name for a large group of mice in the UK but the real field mouse is the Long Tailed Field Mouse or wood mouse. === Appearance === They have a solid brown coat with a white belly. For their size, they have very large eyes and ears. They grow to roughly 10&nbsp;cm long and weigh 30 grams when full grown. === Eating habits === They are [[omnivorous]] and eat [[Seed|seeds]], [[Worm|worm