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Hoose moose

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Hoose moose
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Faimily: Muridae
Subfaimily: Murinae
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Mus
Species: M. musculus
Binomial name
Mus musculus
Subspecies
  • Mus musculus bactrianus
  • Mus musculus castaneus
  • Mus musculus domesticus
  • Mus musculus gentilulus
  • Mus musculus musculus
  • Mus musculus rodentius
  • Mus musculus anustiditrus
  • Mus musculus hypodidentrious
Hoose moose range

The hoose moose (Mus musculus) is a smaw mammal o the order Rodentia, kenspeckle for its pyntit snoot, smaw roond lugs, an a lang nakit or near hairless tail. It is ane o the maist routhy species o the genus Mus. Awtho a wild ainimal, the hoose moose bides maistlins alangside humans, an haes thryne sae weel amang thaim at, tae even, suith wild populations are nou mair sindle.

The hoose moose's bouk is theekit wi fur, forordinar o a riach or mouskit hue in the wild kyne an a muckle mae sinthery hues in bred kyne, wi the fur on the wame maistlins bit no ayewis faugher nor the lave o the bouk, oot takkin the tips o the shanks, lugs, neb an tag.[2] Efferin tae its binn, a fu grawn moose will hae a lenth o aboot 10cm, wae its tail sae lang an aa, an a wecht o 25g or thereby.

References

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  1. Musser, G; Hutterer, R; Kryštufek, B; Yigit, N; Mitsain, G (2016). "Mus musculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T13972A115117618. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. Berry, R.J. (1970). "The natural history of the house mouse" (PDF). Field Studies. 3: 219–62. Retrieved 18 Januar 2021.