The Korean field mouse (''Apodemus peninsulae''), also known as the Korean wood mouse, is a species of

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. It is distributed across

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, including the Russian Far East, northern

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, the Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin, and

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. It is not found on the Korean island of

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. The adult has a body length of 76–125 mm, with a tail of nearly equal length (75–112 mm).

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IUCNGenetic-historical study
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1761761 Mammals of Korea Apodemus Mammals described in 1907 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Mammals of Japan

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