Almost all rodents, to which the mice belong, can dig the ground, since in the warm season they mainly live in earthen burrows in the fields or in the forest.
House Mouse
The most numerous species of mice that dig the ground is the house mouse, which is distributed almost everywhere in human habitats. The presence of house mice was not noted only in areas with very low air temperatures and at high altitudes in the mountains.
Due to its ubiquity, the house mouse is considered an almost cosmopolitan species. All known subspecies of the house mouse, and today there are about 150 subspecies, are combined into 4 main subspecies depending on the habitat.
Mouse lifestyle
Species of mice that dig the ground belong to the class of mammals, have small body sizes - from 6 to 9 cm, soft dark gray or brown fur. House mice prefer to settle in human habitats. In the northern regions, where there are quite severe winters, in autumn there is a massive movement of rodents to the places of human habitation, especially to buildings with food supplies - food, hay, mixed fodder. In the right placesanimals arrange original nests where they wait out the cold.
With the onset of heat, mice return to "field" conditions - to forests, fields and other natural objects, where they dig minks for themselves in the ground or other places suitable for living. Burrows usually dig simple, no more than 1 m in length, and end with an enlarged nesting room.
Other kinds of mice
There are also other varieties of mice that dig the ground. These are field and forest mice, yellow and steppe pied, several species of voles and earth rat. All types of mice eat a wide variety of foods. In nature, they eat tree bark, young shoots of plants, buds and sweet roots. Many mice eat nuts and wild berries. Settling next to a person, mice also show omnivorous inclinations. They can eat a wide variety of foods, ranging from meat and dairy to soap, candles, paper, and leather. Some varieties of mice that dig the ground are listed in the Red Book, such as the yellow-throated mouse, which has bright red fur with a yellow stripe around the neck and large ears.
There are also several rarer species of mice with a limited halo. For example, false mice live in Australia, some of which are also listed in the Red Book. Baby mice live in a small part of Eurasia. As you can see in the photo, the variety of mice is impressive. Such an animal of all mice is the smallest. The body length of adults does not exceed 5 cm. Striped mice live exclusively in Africa. Several subspecies of striped mice are known - Angolan, Sinegalese and Barbary.
