Eurasian harvest mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Eurasian harvest mouse lives – recorded in 20 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Micromys minutus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	20 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Diet (main food)	seed
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the Eurasian harvest mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Eurasian harvest mouse in 20 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Kosovo, France, United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, Korea, Germany, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine. In Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway, Russia, Sweden it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does an Eurasian harvest mouse eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the Eurasian harvest mouse as: seed.

Is the Eurasian harvest mouse endangered?

The Eurasian harvest mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Eurasian harvest mouse?

The Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Micromys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Eurasian harvest mouse

The harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) is a small mouse native to Europe and Asia. It is typically found in fields of cereal crops, such as wheat, rice and oats, in reed beds and in other tall ground vegetation, such as long grass and hedgerows. It has reddish-brown fur with white underparts and a naked, highly prehensile tail, which it uses for climbing. It is the smallest European rodent; an adult may weigh as little as 4 grams (0.14 oz). It eats chiefly seeds and insects, but also nectar and fruit. Breeding nests are spherical constructions carefully woven from grass and attached to stems well above the ground.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eurasian harvest mouse (revision 1356585660), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q209516 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).