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The woodland jumping mouse occurs throughout northeastern North America. [6]Populations are most dense in cool, moist boreal woodlands of spruce-fir and hemlock-hardwoods where streams flow from woods to meadows with bankside touch-me-nots and in situations where meadow and forest intermix and water and thick ground cover are available.
In many areas deer mice live less than 1 year. [16] One captive male deer mouse lived 32 months, [ 16 ] and there is a report of a forest deer mouse that lived 8 years in captivity (another mouse was fertile until almost 6 years of age).
Heteromyidae is a family of rodents consisting of kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, pocket mice and spiny pocket mice.Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the genus Heteromys are also found in forests and their range extends as far south as northern South America.
Mice, rats, voles, lemmings (Order Rodentia, Family Muridae) Muskrat. White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) — common in woods and especially along forest edges; particularly where there are plenty of nuts or large seeds; [3] Eastern deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) — found in the northern part of the state [3]
A United States Forest Service team assessing a potential habitat in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest for the New Mexico jumping mouse. Meadow jumping mice prefer a habitat which is high in humidity. Although they may live in many different areas usually with high herbaceous cover, they prefer moist grasslands, and avoid heavily wooded areas.
Deer mice inhabit a wide variety of plant communities including grasslands, brushy areas, woodlands, and forests. [6] In a survey of small mammals on 29 sites in subalpine forests in Colorado and Wyoming , the deer mouse had the highest frequency of occurrence; however, it was not always the most abundant small mammal. [ 7 ]
Mice are mostly crepuscular or nocturnal; they are averse to bright lights. The average sleep time of a captive house mouse is reported to be 12.5 hours per day. [citation needed] They live in a wide variety of hidden places near food sources, and construct nests from various soft materials. Mice are territorial, and one dominant male usually ...
Mice feature in some of Beatrix Potter's small books, including The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904), The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse (1910), The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918), and The Tailor of Gloucester (1903), which last was described by J. R. R. Tolkien as perhaps the nearest to his idea of a fairy story, the rest being "beast-fables". [14]