Most of the traits in the mound-building mouse were significantly greater than those in the
house mouse (Table 1).
Although the
house mouse Mus musculus has been used as an important model for mammalian speciation (Geraldes et al., 2008), migration (Gabriel et al., 2010), introgression (Staubach et al., 2012), laboratory biology (Montero et al., 2013), and medicine (Guenet and Bonhomme, 2003; Flint and Eskin, 2012), its natural population structure within China is still incompletely described.
The major animal host of HTNV was the striped field mouse, and the major animal hosts of SEOV were the residential brown rat and
house mouse. The
house mouse is not considered the animal host of HTNV or SEOV, but this study and recent studies (11-13) have detected both HTNV and SEOV in this rodent.
Individuals found outside cups included a sub-adult Swamp Rat Rattus lutreolus and an adult Swamp Antechinus in separate buckets in October 2006 and a
House Mouse in March 2012.
Reproductive changes in fluctuating
house mouse populations in southeastern Australia.
Wood mouse was dominant (8.51%) among small mammals followed by
House mouse (6.38%), Hamster (4.25%) and Royal mountain vole (2.12%).
Key words: alien species,
House Mouse, invasive species, Mus musculus, Yukon
The
house mouse is the most common rodent reported in residential settings.
Two other small mammals are associated with agricultural habitats, the prairie deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, and the
house mouse, Mus musculus.
They include the horse, the aurochs and domestic cattle, European fallow deer, the lynx, the brown bear, the
house mouse, extinct birds, land and freshwater molluscs, and insects.
Other creatures in the top 20 include the rat,
house mouse and mink, along with plants such as the rhododendron and giant hogweed.
The increase in
house mouse infestations is attributed to a few factors, according to biologists and rodent control experts: normal cyclical highs and lows in mouse populations, a wet spring that produced a bumper crop of acorns and other seeds, and human encroachment on rodent habitat through building and road work.
House Mouse Over 700 mouse images by Ellen Jareckie.
