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13-03-2010, 09:18 AM
|  | New Member | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Blaby, Leicester.
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| |  Re: Mouse ID please
I'm sorry, but if anyone said it was a wood mouse, I would definatly disagree, here are my reasons for my conclusion that it is not a wood mouse:
1. I have rescued and am now looking after a wood mouse
2. It looks too plump to be a wood mouse
3. its ears are smaller and rounder
4. Its fur is more fluffy, a wood mouse has smooth fur.
5. it's nose is different to my wood mouse.
 well they are my reasons, so I would definatly say this is a harvest mouse  Hope I helped! Ellie X |
14-03-2010, 10:31 AM
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Definately a Yellow-necked mouse for the reasons I said above. Harvest mice are very different to this. |
14-03-2010, 11:59 AM
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Yellow necked mouse for me too.
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14-03-2010, 05:21 PM
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| | | Re: Mouse ID please
This is an image of a Harvest Mouse from the Chestnut Centre. 
Similar or not?
This a facial of a Y-n Mouse peering out of a natal box http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ar...59/ppuser/6822
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14-03-2010, 05:40 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: East Yorkshire
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| | | Re: Mouse ID please
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Originally Posted by JeffH  I found this little thing in one of my bird feed bins yesterday morning - it had climbed in through a hole in the lid made by one of our local Grey Squirrels.
My small mammal ID skills are very limited - can someone please tell me if it's a House Mouse or a Wood Mouse?
As indicated by the half peanut in the foreground of the photo, it was tiny - body length only about 30mm when hunched up.
Thanks in advance  | Compare for yourself: Both images from WAB Gallery, unfortunately couldn't find a pic of Yellow necked mouse on WAB but the main diagnostic features of ears,size and tale length are the same in Yellow neck and wood mouse. with colouring being the main ID factor between the two.
Look at the ears and difference in tail length and take into account the small size described for the above subject 30 mm these are the only reliable indicators in the photo. Colour variations occur in all spc and possible distortio by light conditions make Ids based on colour and markings from a picture potentially unreliable.
Its also not a good idea to base your judgment on the location being an indicator when you don't have all the details, all we know in this case is that it was found in a feed bin, to assume that feed bin to be nowhere near a posible harvest mouse habitat is not logical. Stick to the bare facts available and compare the pics and think again  
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15-03-2010, 06:54 PM
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I really don't think that the ears in the original photograph are large enough for Yellow-necked mouse, nor are the eyes large enough. As for "the bright white undersides with a clear delineation between the colours" this does not show in the picture!
I agree with Harvest Mouse.
henrya
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15-03-2010, 07:16 PM
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When I lived in the Warwickshire we got quite a few Harvest Mice overwintering in wheat straw stacks as well as the ubiquitus Woodmice and a smattering of Yellow Necked Mice so I am reasonably happy to ID all of these.
Despite what the guy says about colouration this is exactly the right Colour for a harvest mouse. It is totally wrong for any other british mouse. That thick tail looks promising too, if this is prehensile then that is the clincher.
I am 90% sure that you`ve got Harvest Mouse there. Make sure that you record it in you local Wildlife Records Office. Present them with the Photo and let them decide.
Happy Hunting,
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15-03-2010, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Lance Morgan Young Wood Mouse imo  | I learned along time ago to always expect the obvious and anything above that was exceptional
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23-03-2010, 05:40 PM
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| |  Re: Mouse ID please
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Originally Posted by Dogghound Definately a Yellow-necked mouse for the reasons I said above. Harvest mice are very different to this. | ?  |
23-03-2010, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by thunder I really don't think that the ears in the original photograph are large enough for Yellow-necked mouse, nor are the eyes large enough. As for "the bright white undersides with a clear delineation between the colours" this does not show in the picture!
I agree with Harvest Mouse.
henrya | Yes, Definatly a wood mouse | | | |
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