Steppe field mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the steppe field mouse lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Apodemus witherbyi
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the steppe field mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the steppe field mouse in 2 countries and territories across Asia.

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.

Is the steppe field mouse endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the steppe field mouse?

The steppe field mouse (Apodemus witherbyi) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Apodemus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the steppe field mouse

The steppe field mouse (Apodemus witherbyi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Palestine, Turkey, Jordan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Syria, the Greek island of Rhodes, Ukraine and possibly Afghanistan and Iraq. The Mount Hermon field mouse (sometimes recognized as a distinct species: A. hermonensis) and the yellow-breasted field mouse (sometimes recognized as a distinct species: A. fulvipectus) were considered conspecific with the steppe field mouse by Musser and Carleton (2005).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Steppe field mouse (revision 1350692465), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q9625978 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).