Apodemus Kaup, 1829
(wood-mice)

Interactions where Apodemus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
body		body has blood sucked by			Nosopsyllus fasciatus	Rat Flea, A Rat Flea	Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae	Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Siphonaptera/Ceratophyllidae/Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus/	Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus	rat flea, a rat flea					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus/	Apodemus	wood-mice			body					sucks the blood of body
duodenum		duodenum is endoparasitised by spirally coiled worm			Longistriata	a genus of nematodes		Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Animalia/Nematoda/Longistriata/	Longistriata	a genus of nematodes		spirally coiled		worm	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus/	Apodemus	wood-mice			duodenum		Major			spirally coiled worm endoparasitises duodenum
duodenum		duodenum is endoparasitised by spirally coiled worm			Nematospiroides dubius	a nematode		Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Animalia/Nematoda/Trichostrongyloidea/Nematospiroides dubius/	Nematospiroides dubius	a nematode		spirally coiled		worm	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus/	Apodemus	wood-mice			duodenum		Major			spirally coiled worm endoparasitises duodenum
ilium		ilium is endoparasitised by spirally coiled worm			Longistriata	a genus of nematodes		Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Animalia/Nematoda/Longistriata/	Longistriata	a genus of nematodes		spirally coiled		worm	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus/	Apodemus	wood-mice			ilium		Major			spirally coiled worm endoparasitises ilium
small intestine (middle part)		small intestine (middle part) is endoparasitised by tapeworm			Catenotaenia pusilla	a tapeworm	Cyclophyllidea: Catenotaeniidae	The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Cyclophyllidea/Catenotaeniidae/Catenotaenia pusilla/	Catenotaenia pusilla	a tapeworm				tapeworm	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus/	Apodemus	wood-mice			small intestine (middle part)					tapeworm endoparasitises small intestine (middle part)
small intestine		small intestine is endoparasitised by spirally coiled worm			Nematospiroides dubius	a nematode		Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974	/Animalia/Nematoda/Trichostrongyloidea/Nematospiroides dubius/	Nematospiroides dubius	a nematode		spirally coiled		worm	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus/	Apodemus	wood-mice			small intestine		Major			spirally coiled worm endoparasitises small intestine
small intestine		small intestine is endoparasitised by tapeworm			Catenotaenia lobata	a tapeworm	Cyclophyllidea: Catenotaeniidae	The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Cyclophyllidea/Catenotaeniidae/Catenotaenia lobata/	Catenotaenia lobata	a tapeworm				tapeworm	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus/	Apodemus	wood-mice			small intestine					tapeworm endoparasitises small intestine
small intestine		small intestine is endoparasitised by fluke			Brachylaima recurva	a trematode	Diplostomida: Brachylaimidae	The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Diplostomida/Brachylaimidae/Brachylaima recurva/	Brachylaima recurva	a trematode				fluke	Animal / parasite / endoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus/	Apodemus	wood-mice	?		small intestine					fluke endoparasitises small intestine

Author & Year	Title	Source
Avery, R.A., 1974	Identification of Animal Parasites	Hulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites	Field Studies 3: 681-718.

Apodemus (wood-mice) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MURIDAE
(mice and rats, small mouse)

RODENTIA
(rodents)

MAMMALIA
(mammals)

CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Herbivores
(mammalian herbivores)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Apodemus sylvaticus Wood Mouse, Long-tailed Field-mouse				Species	1 subtaxa	44 trophisms	1 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Apodemus (wood-mice)
Family	MURIDAE (mice and rats, small mouse)
Order	RODENTIA (rodents)
Class	MAMMALIA (mammals)
Superclass	TETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
Phylum	CHORDATA (vertebrates)
Superphylum	DEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Apodemus is also a member of:
Herbivores - mammalian herbivores (via Rodentia)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Apodemus (wood-mice)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Flowerdew, J.	1984	Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice	24pp, The Mammal Society

Apodemus (wood-mice) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAMMALIA
(mammals)

CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Apodemus (wood-mice):

RODENTIA
(rodents)

MAMMALIA
(mammals)

CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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