The Harvest Mouse, Micromys minutus is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia. They are typically found in fields of cereal crops such as wheat and oats as well as long grass and hedgerows. They have reddish-brown fur with white underparts and a naked, prehensile tail. An adult has a head and body between five and seven centimeters with a similar length of tail and weighs five to eleven grams. This mouse eats chiefly seeds and insects but also nectar and fruit. Breeding nests are spherical constructions woven from grass and attached to stems high above the ground.

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• Young Peoples Trust for the Environment Fact Sheet
• BBC Wildfacts

Old World rats and mice | Mammals of India

Zwergmaus | Rat des moissons | Pelė mažylė | Dwergmuis | カヤネズミ | Badylarka | Мышь-малютка | Vaivaishiiri | Dvärgmus