harvest mousen.
A very small species of mouse ( Mus messorius, or Micromys minutus), which builds its nest in the stalks of growing grain; it is the smallest of British quadrupeds, being just over 2 inches in length.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Micromys (harvest mouse)
red mouse?a1500
hardishrew1601
harvest mouse1776
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. i. 121 Harvest Mouse.
1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 505/1 The Harvest Mouse. White, of Selborne, who suggests the name of Mus minimus, appears to be the first who drew the attention of naturalists to this the smallest of British quadrupeds.
1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 67 The harvest mouse is insectivorous as well as granivorous.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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