|
|
Kingdom: Animalia
Characteristics: Cells are organized into tissues
Phylum: Chordata
Characteristics: have a backbone and a tail
Class: Mammalia
Characteristics: feed newborn with milk, baby is not born in an egg, placental mammals
Order: Rodentia
Characteristics: have a single pair of incisors that are rootless, meaning they grow continuously
Family: Muridae
Characteristics: short legs and large eyes
Genius and Species: Peromyscus maniculatus
Characteristics: slightly less than 17cm, breeds every 10 to 17 weeks, common outdoor mouse
Here Comes the Mouse
Piter-pater Piter-pater
Here comes the mouse
across the floor
out the door
Piter-pater Piter-pater
Here comes the mouse
over the hill
into it's hole
Piter-pater Piter-pater
sleep mouse sleep
animaldiversity.com
encarta.com
