Harvest Mouse
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| Micromys minutus (Pallas, 1771) |
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The Harvest Mouse, Micromys minutus is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia. They are typically found in fields of cereal crops such as wheat and oats as well as long grass and hedgerows. They have reddish-brown fur with white underparts and a naked, highly prehensile tail. An adult has a head and body between five and seven centimeters with a similar length of tail and weighs five to eleven grams. This mouse eats chiefly seeds and insects but also nectar and fruit. Breeding nests are spherical constructions woven from grass and attached to stems high above the ground.
[edit] References
- Amori (1996). Micromys minutus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
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