field mice
Small pastoral rodents
Field mice are small rodents that live in grasslands, meadows, and agricultural areas rather than in houses.
The term covers several species that make their homes in fields and open country, where they nest in burrows or tall grass: The barn owl hunted field mice at dusk.
Distinguished from house mice by habitat rather than strict taxonomy.
- rodentsGnawing mammal order
- scamperingMoving quickly, playfully
- scurryingHasty, light-footed motion
- mouseSmall gnawing mammal
- woodland creaturesAnimals inhabiting forested areas
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- farm pestsaphid, aphids, armyworm, boll weevil, corn borer
- rodentsmouse, rat, guinea pig, squirrel, beaver
- ground crittersrats, ants, cockroaches, spiders, centipedes
- hay farmhay bales, alfalfa, clover, hayloft, baler
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, birds, mammals, elephant, reptiles
- pest controlinsecticide, rat trap, pesticide, mousetrap, exterminator
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