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tree mouse

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tree mouse: see mouse mouse, name applied to numerous species of small rodents, often having soft gray or brown fur, long hairless tails, and large ears. The chief distinction between these animals and the variety of rodents called rats is in size: mice are usually smaller.
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; vole vole, name for a large number of mouselike rodents, related to the lemmings. Most range in length from 3 1-2 to 7 in. (9–18 cm) and have rounded bodies with gray or brown coats, blunt muzzles, small ears concealed in the long fur, and short tails.
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Despite widespread habitat destruction on the Philippine Island of Luzon, scientists have discovered a featherweight tree mouse there with an unexpected evolutionary past.
 
 
 
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