European Wood Mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyMuridae (Old World Mice and Rats)
- GenusApodemus (Old World Field Mice)
- SpeciesApodemus sylvaticus (European Wood Mouse)
Closest Relatives at Bavarian Forest National Park
Yellow-necked Field Mouse
Apodemus flavicollis
Eurasian Harvest Mouse
Micromys minutus
Eurasian Beaver
Castor fiber
Eurasian Red Squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris
Coypu
Myocastor coypus
Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
Edible Dormouse
Glis glis
Bank Vole
Myodes glareolus
Common Dormouse
Muscardinus avellanarius
Black-bellied Hamster
Cricetus cricetus
Common Vole
Microtus arvalis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Thingvellir National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 8 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 9 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 10 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 11 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a European Wood Mouse in Bavarian Forest National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a European Wood Mouse sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see European Wood Mouse in Bavarian Forest National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for European Wood Mouse in Bavarian Forest National Park in our monthly data.