{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{speciesbox | name = Small Japanese field mouse | image = Apodemus argenteus1123.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite journal | author = Cassola, F. | title = ''Apodemus argenteus'' | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T42642A115198737 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2016 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42642/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42642A22424490.en | access-date = 13 December 2017| doi-access = free }}</ref> | genus = Apodemus | species = argenteus | authority = (Temminck, 1844) }}
The '''small Japanese field mouse''' ('''''Apodemus argenteus''''') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Japan, spanning from Hokkaido to Kyushu and is similar to its larger counterpart, ''Apodemus speciosus''.
== Anatomy == The body length is 65–100mm, tail 70–110mm, weight 10–20g. Although it is similar to a large Japanese field mouse, the small mice have slightly longer tails then the body, opposite to the large mice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=静岡県内で捕獲されたアカネズミとヒメネズミの頭蓋骨における |url=http://www.spmnh.jp/report/tokainh08/tokai0804.pdf |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Network for Shizuoka Prefecture Museum of Natural History |page=2-3}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} *The History of Kaneko, supervised by Naga Abe, edited by the Natural Environment Research Center of the Foundation, "Mammals in Japan [Revised 2nd Edition]", Tokai University Press, 2008, P38, ISBN 978-4-486-01802-5 *{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001206 | pages = 1263-1264}}
{{Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)}}
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Category:Rats of Asia Category:Apodemus Category:Endemic mammals of Japan Category:Mammals described in 1844 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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