Belling the Cat. The mice decide to tie a bell about the cat's neck. Some thing are easier said than done.

Aesop's Fables

Belling the Cat. The mice decide to tie a bell about the cat's neck. Some thing are easier said than…

A cat sneaking up on a mouse teaching a class how to escape from cats.

Cat and Mice

A cat sneaking up on a mouse teaching a class how to escape from cats.

Scene from the story, "The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet."

Chanticleer and Partlet

Scene from the story, "The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet."

Scene from the story, "The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet."

Chanticleer and Partlet

Scene from the story, "The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet."

A genus of small rodents with small ears, a mere stump for a tail, and lengthened hind limbs.

Combrat

A genus of small rodents with small ears, a mere stump for a tail, and lengthened hind limbs.

A South American hystricomorphic rodent.

Degu

A South American hystricomorphic rodent.

Has a chestnut color above and a white belly. They are found along the Swan River.

White Bellied Hydromys

Has a chestnut color above and a white belly. They are found along the Swan River.

The Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is a N. American, jerboa-like mouse, with long hind legs, a very long tail, and five complete toes on the hind foot. It is warmly reddish above, white on the lower parts, and progresses, when alarmed, by a series of rapid leaps, each of several yards, when in haste. it dwells in open, grassy places, skulking about under the herbage and feeding mostly on grass seeds; there it places its nest (a hollow ball of grass) in some small hole or burrow, and spends the cold months in a long hibernation.

Jumping Mouse

The Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is a N. American, jerboa-like mouse, with long hind legs, a very…

A scene with mice, from "Ole Luk-Oie."

Mice

A scene with mice, from "Ole Luk-Oie."

Scene from the story, "Squeaky and the Scare Box."

Mice

Scene from the story, "Squeaky and the Scare Box."

Three mice

Mice

Three mice

An illustration of two mice and a frog sitting on a bench and drinking from mugs.

Mice & Frog Drinking From Cups

An illustration of two mice and a frog sitting on a bench and drinking from mugs.

Mouse

Mouse

Mouse

A mouse

Mouse

A mouse

A mouse

Mouse

A mouse

A Harvest Mouse nest constructed of grass woven together on three stalks.

Harvest Mouse Nest

A Harvest Mouse nest constructed of grass woven together on three stalks.

An illustration of a mouse postman delivering mail to a house in a tree.

Mouse Postman Delivering Mail to House in Tree

An illustration of a mouse postman delivering mail to a house in a tree.

"It is of a grayish-fawn color, with ten longitudinal brown strips along the back. Between the size of a field mouse and a black rat." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Barbary Mouse

"It is of a grayish-fawn color, with ten longitudinal brown strips along the back. Between the size…

"Quite larger than that of the brown rat, and lives, like that pecies, in the houses." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Cairo Mouse

"Quite larger than that of the brown rat, and lives, like that pecies, in the houses." — S. G.…

The genus Peromyscus contains species commonly referred to as deer mice. This is a genus of New World mouse only distantly related to the common house mouse, Mus musculus. The most common species of deer mouse in the continental United States are two closely related species, P. maniculatus, and P. leucopus. In the USA, Peromyscus is also the most populous mammalian species overall.

Deer Mouse

The genus Peromyscus contains species commonly referred to as deer mice. This is a genus of New World…

A small mouse. Their shape is neat and gracile; they have full eyes, shapely limbs, and long hairy tails.

Dormouse

A small mouse. Their shape is neat and gracile; they have full eyes, shapely limbs, and long hairy tails.

Dormice are rodents of the family Gliridae. (This family is also variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by different taxonomists). Dormice are mostly found in Europe, although some live in Africa and Asia. They are particularly known for their long periods of hibernation.

Dormouse

Dormice are rodents of the family Gliridae. (This family is also variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae…

The Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), sometimes called the Field Mouse or Meadow Mouse, is a small North American vole found across Canada, Alaska and the northern United States. Its range extends further south along the Atlantic coast. One subspecies, the Florida Salt Marsh Vole, is found in Florida, and is classified as endangered. The Meadow Vole is active year-round, usually at night. It also digs underground burrows where it stores food for the winter and females give birth to their young. Although these animals tend to live close together, they are aggressive towards one other. This is particularly evident in males during the breeding season. It can cause damage to fruit trees, garden plants and commercial grain crops.

Field Mouse

The Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), sometimes called the Field Mouse or Meadow Mouse, is a small…

Dendromys Typicus. "Size of the common mice, and are of a pearly-gray color, and have a black band running along the back." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Free Mouse

Dendromys Typicus. "Size of the common mice, and are of a pearly-gray color, and have a black band running…

It is four inches long with a scaly tail. Its fur is hispid and glossy.

Rice Field Mouse

It is four inches long with a scaly tail. Its fur is hispid and glossy.

A small size mouse.

Mus Albocinereus

A small size mouse.

A small flying dormouse wit hony three molars on the top and three on the bottom.

Dormouse Phalanger

A small flying dormouse wit hony three molars on the top and three on the bottom.

"This includes one animal, the <em>P. melanurus</em>, which has puzzled the naturalists, inasmuch as it resembles alike the rats and the opossums, yet cannot be admitted into the department of either, as it had not the feet of the former nor the tail of the latter. Its body is a uniform brown color, the tail being black. It is the size of a large rat, and is found in India and some of the Asiatic islands." &mdash; S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Pithecheirus Melanurus

"This includes one animal, the P. melanurus, which has puzzled the naturalists, inasmuch as…

A common brown rat. Lives in houses of thier own construction. Lives in everything from meadows to human houses.

Brown Rat

A common brown rat. Lives in houses of thier own construction. Lives in everything from meadows to human…

A rat having a long scaly tail, and lacks the spines in the pelage which most of this group of hedgehog rats possess.

Hedgehog Rat

A rat having a long scaly tail, and lacks the spines in the pelage which most of this group of hedgehog…

Hapalotis Albipes. "Nearly the size of a rabbit, but of mouse-like form, and is chiefly found in New South Whales." &mdash; S. G. Goodrich, 1885

White Footed Tree Rat

Hapalotis Albipes. "Nearly the size of a rabbit, but of mouse-like form, and is chiefly found in New…

Two rodents, in what appears to be a barn.

Rodents

Two rodents, in what appears to be a barn.

Scene from the story, "Squeaky and the Scare Box."

Scare Box

Scene from the story, "Squeaky and the Scare Box."

Two mice rowing away from a group of skinny-dipping frogs.

Skinny-dipping Frogs

Two mice rowing away from a group of skinny-dipping frogs.

A scene from the story, "Soup from a Sausage Skewer."

Soup from a Sausage Skewer

A scene from the story, "Soup from a Sausage Skewer."

A scene from the story, "Soup from a Sausage Skewer."

Soup from a Sausage Skewer

A scene from the story, "Soup from a Sausage Skewer."

A scene from the story, "Soup from a Sausage Skewer."

Soup from a Sausage Skewer

A scene from the story, "Soup from a Sausage Skewer."

Thumbelina and the field-mouse

Thumbelina and the Field-Mouse

Thumbelina and the field-mouse

Usually 8 to 10 inches long with a tail 2 to 3 inches in length, small eyes, rudimentary ears and a stout form.

Tucutucu

Usually 8 to 10 inches long with a tail 2 to 3 inches in length, small eyes, rudimentary ears and a…