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- “Mice” redirects here. For the Mice comics series, see Mice (comic).
| Mouse | |
 A house mouse (mus musculus) | |
| Biological hierarchy | |
|---|---|
| Class | Mamilia |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Muridae |
| Genus | Mus |
A mouse (plural mice) is a small mammal rodent of the genus mus, belonging to the family Muridae. They live in many situations on most of the planet's continents.
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Overview[edit]
The mouse is a popular children's character, embodying many properties associated with the young: small size, mischief, vulnerability, and innocence. In many ways, it is seen as the friendly cousin of the rat, despite the two often overlapping in their habits, and the rat making a more socializable pet.
Like most rodents, mice are rapid breeders and can build up a population very quickly if allowed to breed, which causes problems in places where they are not welcome, such as farms or houses. However, unlike with rabbits, it rarely comes into their popular characterization.
Types[edit]
The word "mouse" most often refers to the field mouse, a small, brown, wild species.
Mice seen indoors are usually the house mouse, a different species that often causes trouble for the houses it lives in by damaging property and leaving droppings.
Mice are also common animals for laboratory testing. The stereotypical lab mouse is depicted as having white fur or complete albinism, inspired by the several laboratory-bred strains of rats and mice with this trait like the BALB/c strain.
Mice in mainstream culture[edit]
- Mickey Mouse is probably the most well-known mainstream mouse character, being synonymous with Disney.
- Mrs. Brisby - (Don Bluth Productions's The Secret of NIMH)
- Fievel - (Universal Pictures's An American Tail)
- Pinky and The Brain (Warner Bros. Animation's Animaniacs)
- Hubie, Bertie and Sniffles (Warner Bros.'s Looney Tunes)
- Bernard and Bianca (Disney's The Rescuers)
- Basil - (Disney's The Great Mouse Detective)
- Chuck E. Cheese
- Eckhart
- Jaq and Gus (Disney's Cinderella)
- Angelina Ballarina
- Pipsy (Nintendo's Diddy Kong Racing)
- Abigail (20th Century Fox's Once Upon a Forest)
- Bakumaru (Shaft's Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger)
- Gadget Hackwrench and Monterey Jack (Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers)
- Jerry - (Warner Bros. Animation's Tom & Jerry)
- Reepicheep the Mouse - (C. S. Lewis.'s The Chronicles of Narnia)
- Matthias, Mattimeo, Cornflower, and Martin the Warrior (Brian Jacques' Redwall)
- Little Sister and Sexton Mouse - (Disney's Robin Hood)
- Throttle, Vinnie, and Modo (Rick Ungar's Biker Mice from Mars)
- Geronimo Stilton (Scholastic Corporation's Geronimo Stilton)
- Squeak (Jim Davis's Garfield)
- Stuart Little (E. B. White.'s Stuart Little)
- Timothy (Disney's Dumbo)
- Penelope (Sony Computer Entertainment's Sly Cooper)
- Despereaux Tilling (Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaux)
Mice and furry[edit]
Popular mice in the fandom[edit]
- Toki - (Steve Gallacci's Albedo Anthropomorphics)
- Jacob "Micro" WhiteEye - (Shawntae Howard's Extinctioners)
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Mouse search results in Mia's Index of Anthro' Stories
- Mouse search results in DeviantArt
- Mouse search results in Fur Affinity
- Mice search results in DeviantArt
- Mice search results in Fur Affinity
- Mouses search results in DeviantArt
- Mouses search results in Fur Affinity
- Mices search results in DeviantArt
- Mices search results in Fur Affinity
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