deer mouse

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deer
noun[C]
uk
/dɪər/us
/dɪr/
a quite large animal with four legs that eats grass and leaves. The male has antlers (= wide horns like branches) . The female is called a hind or a doe and the male a stag ...
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mouse
noun
uk
/maʊs/us
/maʊs/
a small mammal with short fur, a pointed face, and a ...
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Other mammals include the meadow vole, woodchuck and the prairiedeermouse.
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Like thedeermouse, it may carry hantaviruses, which cause severe illness in humans.
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The outbreak was thought due to an unusual increase in thedeermousepopulation, and the design of the new tent cabins.
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Thedeermouseis generally a nocturnal creature.
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Throughout the year, thedeermousewill change its eating habits to reflect on what is available to eat during that season.
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The prairiedeermouseprefer areas where the canopy is thinner and when the undergrowth is thin.
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These included increased contact between humans and mice due to a bumper crop in thedeermousepopulation.
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Deermousebreeding tends to be determined more by food availability rather than by season.
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The prairiedeermousewas found in open areas.
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Mice are the most abundant and include thedeermouse, western harvest mouse, northern grasshopper mouse.
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They are also accomplished jumpers and runners by comparison to house mice, and their common name ofdeermouse(coined in 1833) is in reference to this agility.
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Within an unknown time period, deer mice develop metacestode infections and eventually are preyed upon by foxes, the definitive host.
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Ants and ant parts were found in the stomachs of deer mice at the fox pen site (12.1%) and the campground site (11.2%).
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There was no detectable difference in the percentage of deer mice that ingested ants at the fox pen site and campground site.
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Landscape structure influences continental distribution of hantavirus in deer mice.
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To augment their diet, every 2 -3 days, captive foxes were fed live deer mice trapped at a site where foxes were absent (campground site).
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Savanna is primarily a thinly wooded habitat that tends to favor the white-footed mouse over the prairiedeermouse.
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This hypothesis is also supported by observations of foraging behaviour of ants and deer mice at the fox pen site.
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