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Title: An Economic Study of Field Mice
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: David E. Lantz
Subjects: Mice.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Biological Survey
Contributing Library: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries with support from LYRASIS and the Sloan Foundation

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Fig. 1.—Meadow Mouse <Microtuspennsylvanicus1. Fig. 2.-Pine Mouse Microtuspinetorum scalopsoides*. Plate II.
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HABITS 01 COMMON mi \i>»>\\ MICE. 17 with great valor, and their sharp teeth are rather formidable weapon .Sometime.* after capture one seems to give waj i<» uncontrollableanger, and when placed in :i cage with others I the same species his eager to attack all its fellows. Wlien t \\ <» engage in combat 111«• x-i a in I u ; * on the hind feet and fight with claws and teeth, keeping up■ constant squeak M.-adow mire soon adapt themselves i«» confinement. They eatalmost ;in\ food offered and soon become tame. I find, however, thatcertain succulent roots, particularly those of the wild white morningglor^ (Con volvulus septum), are preferred to everything else. Thisroot tastes much like sweet potato and is abundant in swamps andwaste places frequented by the mice. While feeding they -it up ontheir hind legs and use the front paws to handle the roots, after themanner of squirrels. This species often stores up food in underground galleries. I haveBe vera) times discover

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