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Very small rodent ID
Sacha writes
On 21/8/08 21:52, in article , "Nick Maclaren" wrote: In article , Sacha writes: | | This is a possible. The others are.........not! Indeed. But "wood mouse" is a synonym for "field mouse", which are the bigger ones (though marginally smaller than the yellow necked one). You are almost certainly correct that it was a house mouse, unless we have a new species in the UK! 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. You would have remarked upon the pointed nose of the shrew. Voles do not have prominent ears. Harvest mice are tiny but distinctly orange, like a miniature red squirrel. Gerbil? (Our cats brought us one once - no one claimed it so we kept it for years - can't remember how big they are though). Juvenile of almost anything? - young mice have big ears, because the ears don't grow as much during their lifetime as other bits of them. -- Kay |
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