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harvest mouse

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harvest mouse
1. a very small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse, Micromys minutus, inhabiting cornfields, hedgerows, etc., and feeding on grain and seeds: family Muridae
2. American harvest mouse. any small greyish mouse of the American genus Reithrodontomys: family Cricetidae


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Some of the nests shown are for hummingbirds, sea turtles, Caribbean flamingos, a harvest mouse, a Baltimore oriole, a three-spined stickleback (fish), a paper wasp and an elf owl.
A recent flora and fauna survey showed that the site is home to a variety of important species, including the peregrine falcon and the rare harvest mouse.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) passes warily under the boardwalk while a salt marsh harvest mouse (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) clings to a clump of pickleweed just a few feet away.
 
 
 
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