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They are timid and generally avoid humans, but they occasionally take up residence in ground-floor walls of homes and apartments, where they build nests and store food. [6] White-footed mice spend substantial time in trees and bushes, sometimes taking unoccupied old bird nests and building roofs on them. [7] Female with sucklings
Harvest mice in Japan like making wintering nests near the ground from grasses that are dried, which indicates that they require vegetative cover in the winter, as well as in the warmer seasons. [16] Grasslands with a mix of perennials and annual grasses are required to balance the increases in nesting periods and the mice's need to secure ...
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]
It is a skillful climber and often clambers around in trees and shrubs, gripping the twigs and branches with its five-toed feet and using its prehensile tail for additional support. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In the summer, the northern birch mouse makes a nest of dry vegetation in a bush, clump of moss, or tussock of grass.
Woodrats build extensive nests in trees, on the ground, and on bluffs with dense vegetation or rock cover. The conical shaped nests can be two to eight feet tall and are made of sticks, bark, and various plant matter. One nest can house successive generations of woodrats, with offspring adding to nests making them larger.
Under natural conditions, sows will leave the herd and travel up to 6.5 km (4.0 mi) [6] a day prior to parturition in order to find the appropriate spot for a nest. [8] The sows will use their forelimbs and snouts in order to create excavated depressions within the ground and to gather/transport nesting materials. [9]
A so-called "cathedral" mound produced by a termite colony. Structures built by non-human animals, often called animal architecture, [1] are common in many species. Examples of animal structures include termite mounds, ant hills, wasp and beehives, burrow complexes, beaver dams, elaborate nests of birds, and webs of spiders.
The nests may be 1 to 5 feet (0.30 to 1.52 m) wide in diameter and are constructed by individuals. Young animals nest with their mother but do not construct nests until three years of age, initially in close proximity to their mother. [19] Gorilla nests are distributed randomly and the tree species used appears to be opportunistic. [2]