Oldfield Mouse
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Cactus Mouse (P. eremicus)
Cotton Mouse (P. gossypinus)
White-footed Mouse (P. leucopus)
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Field Mouse
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see mouse; vole.
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Mouse - name applied to numerous species of small rodents, often having soft gray or brown fur, long hairless tails, and large ears.
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Oldfield Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus)
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Yellow-necked Field Mouse
Description
Distinguishing Features - Head/body length: 95 - 120mm; Tail: 77 - 118mm; Weight: 14 - 45g. Fur brown on the back and white on the underside with a complete band of yellow fur across the neck area.
Wood mouse, long-tailed field mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus
Wood mice are one of the most common European small mammals.
Life span
Up to 20 months.
Oldfield Mouse Peromyscus polionotus. Poorly known. Primarily distributed in sandy-soiled habitats in eastern and southern Alabama, but also occurs in west-central and northwestern parts of state.
St Kilda Field Mouse A. s. hirtensis
Yellow-necked Mouse A. flavicollis
House Mouse Mus musculus
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ABBREVIATION : MIPE COMMON NAMES : meadow vole meadow mouse field mouse TAXONOMY : The currently accepted scientific name for meadow vole is Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord).
Habits: The fulvous harvest mouse is a typical field mouse. It does not hibernate and is active chiefly at night, but occasionally during the day as well. It is an agile climber, and will scale plants and grasses to feed on seeds or berries.
The wood mouse, also known as the long-tailed field mouse, though rarely seen as it is nocturnal, is probably Britain's most numerous mammal.
Woodmouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
(aka Field Mouse)
The Woodmouse is found throughout Britain, where it is the commonest wild rodent, and in other parts of Europe.
Sometimes kills birds as large as itself, but would prefer a field mouse. Able to lift heavy prey, perhaps more so than most raptors. "Excubitor" is a guard or sentinel. Shrikes supposedly alert other birds to larger predators in the area.
Barn owls generally hunt small rodents. The pratincola subspecies primarily feeds on the field mouse. However, they will also eat baby rabbits, bats, frogs, lizards, birds and insects.
of woods, is characterized by its shrubby stem, round branches, roundish-ovate, acuminate, slightly cordate, five or seven-nerved leaves, and spherical berries. It flowers in May and June. The berries are of a dark purple colour. THE FIELD MOUSE.
 See also: Mouse, Mice, Burro, Vole, Wood mouse
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