The mouse may have somehow wandered inside looking for food or shelter or was fleeing a pursuing predator. Keep in mind that mice can have litters up to 10 times a year so that one mouse can turn ...

All predators of small mammals take deer mice. Some of these are hawks, owls, snakes, short-tailed shrews, foxes, minks, weasels, bobcats and coyotes. Choate, J. R. 1973. Identification and recent ...

pocket mice, and scorpions, whose poison seems ineffectual against the killer. Called the cougar as well, the mountain lion is one of America's most widespread predators. Like other cats ...

This combination of conspicuous movement and an abrupt halt may conceal the woodland jumping mouse from predators relying mainly on vision to capture prey. The long tail aids in balance when leaping ...