Deer mice, the most abundant mammal native to North America, can catch the coronavirus and pass it to other mice in laboratory settings, raising a remote possibility that they could become a ...

Deer mice—the rodent that mainly carries hantavirus—usually stick to rural areas out west. But “common house mice (Mus musculus), which are prevalent in urban and suburban communities, ...

Deer mice cache food, especially seeds, in holes in the ground, in tree cavities, and even in bird nests, storing up to 0.6 L (1 pt) in each location for later use. In spite of autumn fat deposition ...

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Hantavirus, a potentially fatal virus transmitted by rodents such as deer mice, is making news following an unusual outbreak at a popular tourist area of Yosemite National Park. The recent cases are a ...

Deer mice. Deer mice get their name from the color of their fur -- brown with white feet and a white belly. They are 5-8 inches long with a round body shape.

A 50-plus year old Douglas County woman was hospitalized for a confirmed second case of hantavirus this summer, Carson City ...

Two animal rights groups on Tuesday asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Anacapa deer mouse as an endangered species and immediately halt a rat eradication program underway on ...

Deer mice, in general, probably are the most abundant terrestrial mammals in Texas and perhaps in all of North America. At our latitude, they can breed all year given sufficient food.

Mice are getting smaller. Some populations of one of America’s most common mammals, the North American deer mouse, have been shrinking over the last 70 years.

The deer mouse breeding season (two to four litters of three to 11 babies each — usually five or six) lasts from late March through October, with a gestation period of 21-37 days (Saunders p. 216).