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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. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (Mus musculus). Mice are also popular as pets. In some places, certain kinds of field mice are locally common. They are ...
The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail.. It is one of the most abundant species of the genus M
The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. VU: Vulnerable: The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT: Near threatened: The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to in the future. LC: Least concern
The St Kilda house mouse (Mus musculus muralis) is an extinct subspecies of the house mouse found only on the islands of the St Kilda archipelago of northwest Scotland. [1] They were first described, alongside the St Kilda field mouse , by natural historian Gerald Edwin Hamilton Barrett-Hamilton in 1899.
These surveys indicated that harvest mouse nests were on a decline with 85% of the suitable habitat no longer available for the mice. [28] As of 2019 the harvest mouse is protected under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981 [29] and the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework: Implementation Plan. [30]
An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and a blob-headed fish are among 27 new species scientists have discovered in Peru. They were found in an expedition to Alto Mayo - which includes the Amazon ...
Peromyscus guardia - Angel Island mouse [possibly extinct] Peromyscus interparietalis - San Lorenzo mouse; Peromyscus merriami - mesquite mouse; Peromyscus pembertoni - Pemberton's deer mouse [extinct] Peromyscus pseudocrinitus - false canyon mouse; hooperi group Peromyscus hooperi - Hooper's mouse; crinitus group Peromyscus crinitus - canyon ...
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]