house mice
Small household pests
House mice are small rodents of the species *Mus musculus* that live in close association with humans, inhabiting buildings and feeding on stored food.
The term distinguishes them from field mice and other wild species.
A house mouse is the singular form: We caught a house mouse in the kitchen.
- droppingsAnimal excrement deposits
- rodentsGnawing mammal order
- gnawBite repeatedly at
- holeAbsence in matter
- scurryHurried small-stepped motion
traps · whiskers · hide · nest building · nibble · squeak · cheese · pest · infestation · crumbs · fur · murine · nocturnal · Tom and Jerry · paws · scampering · tiny paws · tails
- rodentsrat, guinea pig, squirrel, beaver, rats
- ground crittersrats, ants, cockroaches, spiders, centipedes
- synanthropesbrown rats, pigeons, cockroaches, bed bugs, German cockroaches
- Saint Helena Naturegumwood, scrubwood, whitewood, giant tortoise, tree fern
house micerats
Long-tailed urban pests
brown rats · black rats · roof rats · sewer rats · capybaras
house micehouse cats
Domesticated feline companions
domestic cats · mousers · barn owls · terriers · snakes
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