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Very small rodent ID
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 21/8/08 23:18, in article , "Nick Maclaren" wrote: In article , Sacha writes: | | Neither of us who saw it - adults, that is - think it's a house mouse! Its | back was very dark and paled only very slightly on the flanks. Ray suggests | it might have been some kind of shrew but it was smaller than a house mouse. House mice vary considerably in colour. What was its tail like, because that is the easiest way of distinguishing many of those "mouse like" animals? I barely saw the tail because when it went it went fast. The nose was not that of a shrew, looking at a photos of those. Its back was rounded and the separation between torso and head was very clear. The fur was very dark, lightening just a bit down towards the belly but only a very little. The only two British ones significantly smaller than the house mouse are the pigmy shrew (common) and harvest mouse (rare and wrong colour), but it could have been a young animal. Regards, Nick Maclaren. It was curious in that it sat almost motionless in the creepers for several minutes, shivering from time to time so yes, it did cross my mind that it might be a young something. Whatever it was, it was lovely for us and especially for the girl to see it so closely. Our grand daughter is already becoming aware of birds swooping past her face and the noise and movement of wildlife around us here. It's an extraordinarily valuable part of growing up, IMO. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Young House Mouse attracted by the fallen bird seed because we have had exactly the same problem. |
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