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The show follows the adventures of two cousin mice, Alexander from the city and Emily from the country, who go on adventures around the world in the late 19th and early 20th century, usually to help their cousins, solve a mystery, or stop the evil rat, No-Tail No-Goodnik.
Mice feature in some of Beatrix Potter's small books, including The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904), The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse (1910), The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918), and The Tailor of Gloucester (1903), which last was described by J. R. R. Tolkien as perhaps the nearest to his idea of a fairy story, the rest being "beast-fables". [14]
While the mice discover that No-Tail No-Goodnik is trying to cheat his way to the top in the Mice Olympics (with Emily ending up convincing the Mice Olympic Committee to remove a "No Girls" rule for future Olympics), Christos discovers that Spyridon Louis has had his chance of winning the marathon sabotaged by his rival Demetri.
Those mice were born without tails. Xia cautioned that other genetic changes may also play a role in losing tails. Another mystery: Did having no tails actually help these ape ancestors -- and ...
Desiccated spiny mouse (Acomys) corpse. Note the shorted tail, probably the result of a degloving injury. Though African spiny mice originated in the deserts of Africa, they are frequently kept as exotic pets in other parts of the world, particularly Western nations such as the United States. In the pet trade, they are most commonly referred to ...
The house mouse is best identified by the sharp notch in its upper front teeth. House mice have an adult body length (nose to base of tail) of 7.5–10 centimetres (3–4 in) and a tail length of 5–10 cm (2–4 in).
The wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, has slightly smaller ears, and is usually slightly smaller overall: around 90 mm (3.54 in) in length and 23 g in weight. [2]
House mouse (Mus musculus) Phase specific vocalizations of male mice at the initial encounter during the courtship sequence. A mouse (pl.: mice) is a small rodent. Characteristically, mice are known to have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail, and a high breeding rate.