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  2. Fancy mouse - Wikipedia

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    In Europe the breeding of fancy mice became popular through the introduction of Japanese stock in the early 17th century. By 1895, Walter Maxey founded the National Mouse Club in Victorian England, with its first official show held in Lincoln that year. Since that time, mouse clubs have formed worldwide.

  3. Abbie Lathrop - Wikipedia

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    Lathrop photographed for an article in The Springfield Weekly Republican [1]. Abbie E. C. Lathrop (1868 – 1918) was a rodent fancier and commercial breeder who bred fancy mice and inbred strains for animal models, particularly for research on development and hereditary properties of cancer.

  4. American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association - Wikipedia

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    The American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association (AFRMA), formed in 1983, [1] is a California-based club of rodent enthusiasts that organizes shows, establishes breed standards, and promotes both the fancy rat and the fancy mouse as appealing pets. Their scope and intent is similar to the American Kennel Club in its association with dogs.

  5. Man overwhelmed by pet mice breeding rate gives nearly ... - AOL

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    Man overwhelmed by pet mice breeding rate gives nearly 1,000 rodents to a shelter. Gabriella Rudy. November 18, 2024 at 10:30 AM. Five of nearly 1,000 fancy mice , which were surrendered recently ...

  6. Fancy rat - Wikipedia

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    The fancy rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) is the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat, [1] and the most common species of rat kept as a pet.The name fancy rat derives from the use of the adjective fancy for a hobby, also seen in "animal fancy", a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, or breeding of pet or domestic animals.

  7. Animal fancy - Wikipedia

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    Animal fancy is a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, or breeding of pet or domestic animals. Fancy may include ownership, [1] showing, animal sports and other competitions, and breeding. Hobbyists may simply collect specimens of the animal in appropriate enclosures , such as an aquarium, [2] terrarium, or aviary.

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  9. House mouse - Wikipedia

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    Fancy mice may be of colours and/or have markings not found in wild mice. The first written reference to mice kept as pets occurs in the Erya, the oldest extant Chinese dictionary, from a mention in an 1100 BC version. [68] Human domestication led to numerous strains of "fancy" or hobby mice with a variety of colours and a docile temperament. [69]