What Animal Lives Where

Where has the wood mouse been recorded?

Apodemus sylvaticus occurrence evidence comes from 6,947 records in 45 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.

MammaliaRodentiaMuridaeApodemus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

6,947 records across 45 countries and territories, 1800–2026.

Apodemus sylvaticus · GBIF taxon key 2437760

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. 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.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where wood mouse has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for wood mouse. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Belgium 1,144
Luxembourg 1,050
Sweden 943
Morocco 759
United Kingdom 726
Bulgaria 373
Germany 306
Spain 262
Austria 202
Hungary 135
Serbia 128
France 123
Croatia 108
Montenegro 101
Türkiye 89
Tunisia 84
Slovenia 63
North Macedonia 55
Pakistan 55
Bosnia & Herzegovina 52
Ireland 32
Guernsey 20
Japan 19
Italy 18
Switzerland 16
Greece 15
Russia 10
Kosovo 10
Netherlands 9
Denmark 8
Iran 6
Romania 5
Czechia 4
India 4
Andorra 2
Norway 2
China 1
Algeria 1
Finland 1
Iraq 1

Showing the top 40 of 45 places.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.