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03-10-2010, 01:39 PM
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caught this last night, on a route exiting a known hole into my house, is it a house mouse or field mouse???  |
03-10-2010, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Calamity-Keith  caught this last night, on a route exiting a known hole into my house, is it a house mouse or field mouse??? |
It's neither! It's a young Brown (Common) Rat. |
03-10-2010, 01:46 PM
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Looks like a very damp wood mouse to me! |
03-10-2010, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Pigeon feather Looks like a very damp wood mouse to me! | Looking again you may well be right! It just looked large with big hind leg. Perhaps the beddraggled appearance made it less mouse like. |
03-10-2010, 06:49 PM
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I'd go with rat on the shape of the skull.
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03-10-2010, 07:11 PM
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Yep, that's a rat head alright 
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03-10-2010, 07:40 PM
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Tail looks very rat-like to me too! |
07-10-2010, 06:17 PM
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I think it's a Wood Mouse too.
Firstly, it's all in proportion - young rats have big paws like puppies! So it looks like a full-grown animal.
Tail is fine for Wood Mouse.
And you can definitely see a bit of the sandy Wood Mouse colouring on the flank, along with a clear demarcation with a snowy white underside.. |
07-10-2010, 06:21 PM
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I would certainly say Wood Mouse. |
08-10-2010, 05:17 AM
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I agree, its a wood mouse,the tail is too hairy for a rat and the ears are too large in proportion to the skull. First impression was House mouse due to the dark colour but as RKB states there is a brown colour showing on the side and a lighter line indicating the sort of pale belly you would find on a wood mouse. | | | |
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