This species is the most abundant small rodent of the region, and in autumn, often enters human dwellings. The omnivorous deer mouse uses its sharp incisors to gnaw through the hard coats and seeds ...

Deer mice are primarily nocturnal omnivores (i.e. they'll eat meat and plants). It's important to identify this species.

Bendesky, who has been studying the difference between oldfield and deer mice for 12 years, said he found an unexpected clue ...

The average size of an adult is 176 mm (6.9 in) in total length and 21 g (0.7 oz) in weight. This species is not as widespread as the deer mouse, and occurs throughout much of the eastern two-thirds ...

The silver-backed chevrotain, also called the Vietnamese mouse-deer, was last recorded in the 1990s. The animal, a deer-like species that is the size of a rabbit, has been hanging on in a region ...