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wood mouse

A mouse, such as a deer mouse, that commonly lives in woodlands.

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wood mouse - any of various New World woodland mice

mouse - any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

Peromyscus leucopus, vesper mouse, white-footed mouse - American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts

deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus - brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus

cactus mouse, Peromyscus eremicus - burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States

cotton mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus - large dark mouse of southeastern United States

Baiomys taylori, pygmy mouse - very small dark greyish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico

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