Unlike the deer mouse which it closely resembles, the white-footed mouse’s fur is not soft and luxuriant, and the general color of the back and sides is a reddish or orangish, not grayish, brown. A ...

All predators of small mammals take deer mice. Some of these are hawks, owls, snakes, short-tailed shrews, foxes, minks, weasels, bobcats and coyotes. Choate, J. R. 1973. Identification and recent ...

Seven California cities were ranked among the most infested with rats and mice in the U.S. last year, according to a recent ...

Unlike the house mouse, deer mouse droppings can spread hantavirus, which causes a potentially fatal lung condition in humans ...

Engineering. The White-footed or Deer Mouse. This species of the Mus family has been note 1 for two characteristics, not confined to it alone, but still ra; '. One is that it is an active tree ...

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A new study has uncovered significant differences in how male and female mice process threats, even as they exhibit similar behavioral responses. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with a ...

You may consider yourself lucky and honored if you get to see one of these turtles in the wilds of Missouri. Two major reasons make this so. One, the male alligator snapper spends nearly all of ...

Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat squirrels, mice, and other rodents, prairie dogs are essential to their survival, making up the majority of the ferret diet. These voracious predators ...

Harmful pathogens, like Salmonella, find their way through a ... What makes the oldfield mouse steadfastly monogamous throughout its life while its closest rodent relatives are promiscuous?

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Scientists have zeroed in on brain circuitry powering the desire of spiny mice to live in large groups, opening the door to a new model for the study of complex social behaviors in mammals.