#0031 · 🦊 mammals

Eurasian Harvest Mouse

🇳🇱 Dwergmuis ·Micromys minutus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
2. © Natural England · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
4. © kevinkclausen · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Den Hoorn, North Holland, NL:© Andre Hosper · CC BY 4.0
7. 1382 LA Weesp, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 2616 LV Delft, Países Bajos:© jvillaca · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Coevorden, NL-DR, NL:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 8723 CG Koudum, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The harvest mouse ( Micromys minutus ) is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia. It is typically found in fields of cereal crops, such as wheat and oats, in reed beds and in other tall ground vegetation, such as long grass and hedgerows. It has reddish-brown fur with white underparts and a naked, highly prehensile tail, which it uses for climbing. It is the smallest European rodent; an adult may weigh as little as 4 grams...

base stats

NL sightings 29iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,727iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 29 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #30 most seen of the mammals in NL.
1,727 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1771 (255 years ago).