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| smallest members of the rodent family |
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| Why are populations large? |
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| they breed often and have large litters |
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| many predators, including bear, coyotes and others |
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| What is Pennsylvania home to? |
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two native species of mice
four voles
bog lemming
two jumping mice
two species from Europe |
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| Mouse cache of seeds and nuts; food that has been collected for winter |
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| mainly herbivores, but sometimes eat insects, eggs, spiders, small creatures |
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| almost anywhere; meadows, farms, cities, marshland, homes; surface of ground or tunnels |
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round nests made of mounds of leaves and grasses
inside the nest chamber is soft plant material; litters born here |
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born hairless, blind, called pups
at one month can fend for themselves and mother can give birth again -> large populations |
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