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Mouse
Mouse
A field mouse
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Mus

Mice will often eat seeds quicker than you can sow them, will uproot seedlings and remove fruit from some plants.

Identifying Features[]

Seeds[]

Seeds are dug up and removed.

Treatment[]

None.

Prevention[]

If they live in your garden, there is no real cure. Some gardeners coat the seeds in paraffin, others buy a cat!

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