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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]
The Texas mouse's breeding period occurs in autumn and spring, but limited breeding occurs in winter. No evidence that breeding occurs during the late spring and summer has been found. It can breed multiple times during the available seasons and gestation lasts 23 days; lactation lasts about 8 days.
A 38 mile long island that is from one mile to four and one half miles wide. Jointly owned by the Texas General Land Office and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, cooperatively managed as the Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge and State Natural Area, by the Texas Parks and Wildlife.
White-footed mice are omnivorous, and eat seeds and insects. They are particularly voracious predators of the pupal stage of the invasive spongy moth (formerly termed the gypsy moth ). [ 5 ] 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 ...
The yellow-necked mouse is very similar to the wood mouse but differs in having a slightly longer tail and larger ears, and a complete band of yellow fur across the neck area. [4] The adult head and body length is 3.5 to 5.25 inches (89–133 mm) with a tail about as long again, and the weight varies between 1 and 1.5 ounces (28–43 g).
The woodland jumping mouse occurs throughout northeastern North America. [6]Populations are most dense in cool, moist boreal woodlands of spruce-fir and hemlock-hardwoods where streams flow from woods to meadows with bankside touch-me-nots and in situations where meadow and forest intermix and water and thick ground cover are available.
Spring is in District 150 of the Texas House of Representatives. As of 2023 Valoree Swanson represents the district. [44] It is in District 4 of the Texas Senate; as of 2023, Brandon Creighton represents the district in the Texas Senate. [45] Spring is in Texas's 2nd congressional district; as of 2023 Dan Crenshaw is the representative. [46]
A pack rat or packrat, also called a woodrat or trade rat, are any species in the North and Central American rodent genus Neotoma.Pack rats have a rat-like appearance, with long tails, large ears, and large, black eyes.