Mouse Quiz

1. Which mouse is the smallest rodent in Europe?
  • Yellow-necked Mouse
  • Harvest Mouse
  • Wood Mouse
2. Harvest mice have the remarkable ability to sense vibrations through which part of their body?
  • Tail
  • Ears
  • Feet
3. The Harvest mouse is active by day and by night. Which word describes this behaviour?
  • Cathemeral
  • Nocturnal
  • Crepuscular
4. By what other name is the Wood Mouse known as?
  • Short-tailed Field Mouse
  • Long-tailed Field Mouse
  • Short-eared Field Mouse
5. The Wood Mouse is a close relative of which other mouse?
  • Yellow-necked mouse
  • Orange Mouse
  • Algerian Mouse
6. What scientific 'Order' do Mice belong to?
  • Lagomorpha
  • Rodentia
  • Erinaceomorpha
7. What type of diet does the Yellow-necked Mouse have?
  • Carnivorous
  • Omnivorous
  • Herbivorous
8. What is the average life span of a mouse?
  • 2 years
  • 5 years
  • 9 years
9. Which is the rarest mouse in Britain?
  • Wood Mouse
  • Yellow-necked Mouse
  • Harvest Mouse
10. What has the Harvest Mouse got that the Yellow-necked and Wood mice do not?
  • Monocular vision
  • Prehensile tail
  • Jacobson's organ

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