Hairst moose
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The hairst moose (Micromys) is a smaw mammal o the order rodentia hamelt tae Europe an Asie. It is a kyne o moose. It can be fand in fiels o cereal crops, lyke as wheat an aits, in rods or in ither siclyke heich come, lyke lang girse an hedgins. It haes moorit fur wae a whyte wame an a nakit tail nor gies it heise in spielin; heth it is the ainly European ainimal whilk hale yaises its tail as a lith. It is the smawest European rodent; an adult micht ainly wecht as 4 gram (0.14 oz). Hairst moose big bool-ests, sae lyke thon o birds, cannily wrocht frae girse an bun tae stems alaft.
Belangin tae the subfaimily Murinae, the genus isnae near sib tae ony ither murine genus[2] an haes twa yet leevin species. Micromys minutus, kent as the European hairst moose is the mair routh o the twa species o Micromys, the ither mair sucken is Micromys erythrotis bidin in Vietnam an Soothren China (an aiblins kintras they hae mairch wae).[3] Fossils o Micromys date back tae the Late Miocene an include at least 10 extinct species, formin twathry lineages.[4]
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Description
The hairst moose ranges frae 55 tae 75 millimetre (2.2 tae 3.0 in) lang, an its tail frae 50 tae 75 millimetre (2.0 tae 3.0 in) lang; it wechts frae 4 tae 11 gram (0.14 tae 0.39 oz),[5][6] or aboot hauf the wecht o the hoose moose (Mus musculus). The een an lugs are lairge affaerin tae its lenth. It haes a smaw neb, wae cuttie, stibble wuskers, an a thick, saft fur.[7]
Geographie
M. minutus bides ootthro Europe an Northren Asie, rangin frae Northwast Spain throu the maist feck o Europe, athort Siberie tae Korea, north tae aboot 65 degree in Russia, sooth tae the northren edge o Mongolie. Thare are populations in Soothren China forby, thro the Yunnan aurie.[8]
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