St Kilda Mouse (other)

	St Kilda Mouse (other) St Kilda mouse may refer to: * St Kilda field mouse * St Kilda house mouse (extinct) {{disambig Animal common name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	St Kilda Field Mouse The St Kilda field mouse (''Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis'') is a subspecies of the wood mouse that is endemic to the Scottish archipelago of St Kilda, the island west of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, and from mainland Scotland. Unique to the islands, the mouse is believed to have arrived on the boats of Viking settlers more than a millennium ago. It is not to be confused with the St Kilda house mouse (''Mus musculus muralis''), a subspecies of the house mouse which is now extinct. The last remaining human inhabitants of St Kilda abandoned the islands on 29 August 1930. Thereafter the mice that survived, even those occupying houses abandoned by the St Kildans, were field mice that had moved into the houses from the hills. The islands' house mice could not survive the harsh conditions for more than two years after the archipelago was abandoned by its human population. The islands currently have temporary human habitations. While field mice are widespread on Hirta, their c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	St Kilda House Mouse The St Kilda house mouse (''Mus musculus muralis'') is an extinct subspecies of the house mouse found only on the islands of the St Kilda archipelago of northwest Scotland. They were first described, alongside the St Kilda field mouse, by natural historian Gerald Edwin Hamilton Barrett-Hamilton in 1899. Origin It is uncertain when they first arrived on the islands, but it is possible that they were unwittingly transported there during the Norse period. Isolated on the islands, the St Kilda house mouse diverged from its relatives. It became larger than the mainland varieties, although it had a number of traits in common with a subspecies found on Mykines in the Faroe Islands, ''Mus musculus mykinessiensis''. Extinction When the last St Kildans were evacuated in 1930, the endemic house mouse became extinct very quickly, as it was associated strictly with human settlement. Some specimens exist in museums. The St Kilda field mouse (''Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis''), a subspeci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]