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Where does the Yellow-necked Mouse live?

Apodemus flavicollis has 76,428 records in 50 countries and territories, from 1843 to 2026. Most records come from Poland.

Yellow-necked Mouse
Yellow-necked Mouse — Photo: James Lindsey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeApodemus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Poland 25,161
Switzerland 10,275
United Kingdom 6,453
France 5,938
Denmark 4,480
Sweden 2,935
Russia 2,845
Germany 2,550
Finland 2,480
Bulgaria 1,999
Netherlands 1,679
Austria 1,438
Ukraine 1,426
Belgium 1,094
Spain 1,089
Estonia 958
Norway 565
Luxembourg 563
Hungary 478
Israel 433
Romania 302
Liechtenstein 243
Italy 213
Slovakia 136
Greece 89
Serbia 89
Åland Islands 68
Croatia 65
Slovenia 65
Czechia 55
Bosnia & Herzegovina 45
North Macedonia 37
Türkiye 28
Belarus 27
Lebanon 23
China 22
Montenegro 19
Iran 16
Lithuania 15
Kosovo 10

Showing the top 40 of 50 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.