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Materials on the new findings of the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) in Transbaikalia, within an earlier disjunction area in the habitat of this species (in the basins of the Onon and Ingoda rivers), are presented. Possible causes of the expansion of the species range are discussed. It is most probable that the species was introduced from the basin of the Argun River with a cargo of agricultural products to the lower reaches of the Onon River or the upper reaches of the Shilka River. Currently, the striped field mouse is a common species inhabiting a floodplain shrub biotope in the lower reaches of the Ingoda and Onon rivers.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.A. Bazhenov, M.V. Pavlenko, V.P. Korablev, A.I. Kardash, 2014, published in Rossiiskii Zhurnal Biologicheskikh Invasii, 2014, No. 4, pp. 2–9.
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Bazhenov, Y.A., Pavlenko, M.V., Korablev, V.P. et al. Current distribution of the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius Pallas, 1771) in Eastern Transbaikalia: New findings in the disjunction area. Russ J Biol Invasions 6, 1–5 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111715010026
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