St Kilda Field Mouse

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St Kilda Field Mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Apodemus
Species: A. sylvaticus
Trinomial name
Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis
(Barrett-Hamilton, 1899)

The St Kilda Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis) is a subspecies of wood mouse endemic to the Scottish isles of St. Kilda.

It is not to be confused with the St Kilda House Mouse, which is now extinct.