Basic Information
What role do harvest mice play in the ecosystem
Primary consumer/prey
Are harvest mice populations declining, and have there been efforts to conservation?
Populations are declining and there are efforts of conservation.
Why are they important for the ecosystem?
Because they provide food for organisms.
4 - 6 grams
Are they an invasive species?
No
Are they the smallest rodent in the UK?
Yes.
Name 2 of the harvest mouse's predators
Weasels, foxes, cats, owls, hawks, crows, and stoats
What is a SPECIFIC reason why harvest mice populations are declining?
Modern human farmland machinery/habitat loss
How long do they live?
What does a harvest mouse eat?
Snails, insects, and other various plants.
What percentage are harvest mice populations declining by in the UK?
There's a 70% decline in UK population
What kind of habitats do they live in?
Farmlands, grasslands, or wetlands.
Where can harvest mice be found?
When was the last sighting of a harvest mouse in Perivale Wood?
1979, 45 years ago
Where do harvest mice like to sleep and why do they sleep there?
They like to sleep in flowers because they like to eat the pollen.