harvest mouse
Meaning
- Micromys minutus, a species of the sub-family Murinae (Old World rats and mice).
- A New World mouse of the genus Reithrodontomys.
Synonyms
American harvest mouse
Micromyx minutus
Eurasian harvest mouse
old world harvest mouse
Translations
Micromys minutus
Zwergmaus
rat des moissons
topolino delle risaie
ratón espiguero souris des moissons souris pygmée
ratolí de les collites Micromyx minutus Mus minutus ratolin de la collita ratón de las cosechas eurasische ZwergmausEtymology
Coined by Thomas Pennant, after discovery by Gilbert White (1767); it is first named the Less long-tailed Field Mouse, and finally the harvest mouse (1776).
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