Large-eared Field Mouse

Large-eared Field MouseThe large-eared field mouse occurs in the mountains of southwestern China, and studied specimens showed regional differences in coat color.What does it look like?A subspecies described from part of Yunnan has a brown back mixed with black and grayish-white underparts. Another subspecies is more ochre-colored, so one coat color does not describe all populations.How does it live?The large-eared field mouse occurs in the mountains of southwestern China, and studied specimens showed regional differences in coat color.The southwestern Chinese study region has high mountains and deep gorges, which the authors suggest may separate local populations. They say more genetic work is needed to test the idea.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.