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a Wood Mouse flea

Typhloceras poppei

Classification

Class
Insecta

The St Kilda field mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis) is a subspecies of the wood mouse that is endemic to the Scottish archipelago of St Kilda, the island 64 kilometres (40 mi) west of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, and 160 kilometres (100 mi) from mainland Scotland. Unique to the islands, the mouse is believed to have arrived on the boats of Viking settlers more than a millennium ago. It is not to be confused with the St Kilda house mouse (Mus musculus muralis), a subspecies of the house mouse which is now extinct.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 3