Dense Silky-bent vs Korean Field Mouse

Apera interrupta compared with Apodemus peninsulae

Key Differences

• Dense Silky-bent is Near Threatened while Korean Field Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dense Silky-bent	Korean Field Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Apera	Apodemus
Species	Apera interrupta	Apodemus peninsulae

Conservation Status

Dense Silky-bent

NT — Near Threatened

Korean Field Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dense Silky-bent	Korean Field Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dense Silky-bent

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Korean Field Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.