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Harvest Mouse
Mammal
The smallest rodent in Europe, famous for living in the tall stalks of cereal crops.
💡 Fun Facts
- It is the only British mammal with a prehensile (grasping) tail, which it uses like a fifth limb to climb grass stems.
- They are tiny—weighing about the same as a 20p coin!
- They weave beautiful, tennis-ball-sized nests out of living grass high above the ground.