Litter size increases with latitude: the populations of southern Spain have the smallest litters in Europe.
From Wood Mouse
It can shed the skin of its tail and regrow it as a defence against a predator.
From Wood Mouse
The young eat the droppings of adults to obtain vitamin B12 and the bacteria they need in order to digest cellulose.
From Wood Mouse
It weaves a spherical nest among the stems of tall grass, halfway up from the ground: a structure no other European species builds in the same way.
From Harvest Mouse
Mechanised mowing affects it more than any other rodent, because it destroys those aerial nests outright.
From Harvest Mouse
Its genus separated from Apodemus and Mus in the Pliocene, some 7 million years ago, and today contains a single species.
From Harvest Mouse
It stores fat in its tail and goes into daily torpor to save energy.
From Fat-tailed Dunnart
Its tail works as a larder: it swells until it looks like a carrot when food is plentiful and is used up during lean spells, a reserve visible at a glance.
From Fat-tailed Dunnart

Ecosystems