How to Use house mouse in a Sentence

house mouse

noun
  • Deer mice tend to be bigger than house mice and have white bellies and brown or tan backs.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • But only six of these changes were the house mouse’s own innovations.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2011
  • In contrast, similar-sized animals like house mice tend to live for just two years.
    — Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Under the law, using traps to catch gophers, house mice, rats, moles and voles would still be permitted.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The researchers found that the longer the Natufians stayed in one spot, the better the house mice thrived.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Researchers are working to develop a house mouse that can give birth only to male offspring.
    — Amy Gutmann, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Both black rats and house mice were inadvertently introduced at this time.
    — Wieteke Holthuijzen, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But that means the virus is inching closer to contact with people, since most people are more likely to encounter house mice than dairy cattle.
    — Alice Park, TIME, 6 June 2024
  • African wading mice are not just larger than your average house mouse—they’re also more adventurous.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Oct. 2020
  • New York City house mice, the kind probably nibbling away in the pantry, are leaving behind more than an unwelcome mess.
    — Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Earlier this month, house mice in New Mexico tested positive for the virus.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 14 June 2024
  • The house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, was one such animal.
    — Andrew C. Kitchener, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
  • For comparison, a house mouse’s skin is around 20 times stronger than a spiny mouse’s, and can absorb 77 times more energy before breaking.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
  • Last week, the federal government reported 36 more avian flu detections in house mice, as well as four more cases in domestic cats.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
  • Roberts also worries that the current strain of the virus started out in wild birds but has since infected several species, including foxes, house mice, bears and domestic cats.
    — Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
  • The house mouse, roof rat and Norway rat are prolific breeders, the agency says on its website, and frequent pests in residential and urban areas.
    — Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The islands also host tens of thousands of house mice — an invasive species that is wreaking havoc on the native ecosystem, according to biologists.
    — Laura Newberry, latimes.com, 7 July 2019
  • There is no question the Eurasian house mice, which are believed to have been introduced to the islands by seal hunters in the 19th century, are a serious problem.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2019
  • This study set out to uncover potential correlations between baculum shape and reproductive success in the house mouse.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2013
  • It’s also been found in at least 26 different kinds of mammals, including, most recently in the United States — cows, cats and house mice.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 11 June 2024
  • Introduced to the islands by ships during the 19th century, the house mice have been munching up the seed bank of sensitive plants, thus making room for invasive plants to thrive.
    — Will Houston, The Mercury News, 11 July 2019
  • The lifespan of a ordinary house mouse is less than 2 years, but Disney’s iconic rodent is still chugging along as Mickey Mouse turns 92.
    — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Properly dispose of garbage in rodent-proof cans with tight-fitting lids to prevent house mice or other rodent populations from becoming established and competing with beach mice.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 23 Oct. 2019
  • After controlling for body size and other reproductive traits, the width (but not length) of the house mouse baculum predicts both the mean number of offspring sired per litter and total number of offspring sired.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2013
  • The team collected museum specimens for the brown rat, house mouse, Eastern grey squirrel, Eastern chipmunk, muskrat, white-footed mouse, fox squirrel and Southern flying squirrel, making anatomical measurements of each for statistical comparisons.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025

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