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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 weight is typically 11–30 g (8 –1 oz). In the wild they vary in color from grey and light brown to black (individual ...
Species vary from 12–31 cm (4.7–12.2 in) in length and weigh 16–170 g (0.56–6.00 oz) when fully grown. [1] A. agilis is the smallest known species, and A. swainsonii the largest. Sexual dimorphism occurs in most species for both weight and skeletal measurements, with males being typically larger and heavier.
The white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) is a rodent native to North America from southern Canada to the southwestern United States and Mexico. [ 1 ] In the Maritimes, its only location is a disjunct population in southern Nova Scotia. [ 2 ] It is also known as the woodmouse, particularly in Texas.
Nests are insulated with coarse, dry grasses, weeds, and sticks, and fine grass is used as bedding in the center chamber. [12] [13] The California mouse forms pair bonds and the males help raise the young. [4] [13] [14] [15] A litter usually consists of only two pups, but a pair may produce as many as six litters in a year. Gestation ranges ...
The woodland jumping mouse is a medium-sized rodent. The species is darker in the south. [ 4 ][ 6 ] The mouse has adaptations to live in cold climate. [ 4 ] The mouse has small, high-crowned skull. Three molariform teeth are present, premolars are absent, and grooved incisors are orange or yellow.
The eastern meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), [ 2 ] sometimes called the field mouse or meadow mouse, is a North American vole found in eastern Canada and the United States. Its range extends farther south along the Atlantic coast. The western meadow vole, Florida salt marsh vole, and beach vole were formerly considered regional variants ...
The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae. Its range extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Great Plains west, and from the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska to the north, and Georgia , Alabama , Arizona , and New Mexico to the south. [ 2 ]
The yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes), also known as the mardo, is a shrew -like marsupial found in Australia. One notable feature of the species is its sexual behavior. The male yellow-footed antechinus engages in such frenzied mating that its immune system becomes compromised, resulting in stress –related death before it is one ...