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Harvest mice reside in a large variety of habitats, from hedgerows to railway banks. Harvest mice seem to have an affinity for all types of cereal heads, except for maize (Zea mays). Harvest mice typically like using monocotyledons for their nest-building, especially the common reed (Phragmites australis) and Siberian iris (Iris sibirica). [7]
The western harvest mouse is an herbivore with a diet consisting of mainly seeds and grains from various plants. These plants include: fruits, vetch, blue grass, fescue, oats, and brome grass. [ 6 ] In preparation for autumn and winter, the western harvest mouse stores its food along runways created throughout fields that it occupies and in ...
The eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Southeastern United States . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland , swamps , and pastureland.
The diet of the fulvous harvest mouse varies seasonally, but in milder climates, consists primarily of insects and other invertebrates throughout the year, whereas in colder regions, invertebrates predominate in the spring, and seeds in the fall and winter. A small proportion of green leafy and other plant food is also eaten.
Micromys is a genus of small rodents in the subfamily Murinae.The genus contains two living species: the widespread Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) of much of Europe and Asia; and the more restricted Indochinese harvest mouse (Micromys erythrotis) of Vietnam, southern China, and perhaps nearby regions. [1]
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Since the food sources of the plains harvest mouse are mainly invertebrates and seeds, [6] the mouse can be found in grassy fields or grazed prairie. [7] Their nest is globular and has a dimension of 10 to 11 centimetres (3.9 to 4.3 in). It is formed of compacted grasses and has one opening. [3] Sex ratio in their habitat is almost 1:1. [6]
The Cozumel harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys spectabilis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is endemic to the Mexican island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula. It is nocturnal and semiarboreal, and lives in dense secondary forest and forest edge habitats. [1] Its population is small, fluctuating and patchily distributed. [1]