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JAPANESE WILD ANIMALS (5)

Japanese Field Vole

RODENTIA Muridae


Grey Red-backed Vole Grey Red-backed Vole


MURIDAE Grey Red-backed Vole
Body length 11-14cm. Tail length 4-6cm.
This vole live in Hokkaido.



MURIDAE "Mukuge" Red-backed Vole
Body length 11-14cm. Tail length 4-6cm.
This vole is a characteristic species in Japan live in Hokkaido.

Northern Red-backed Vole Northern Red-backed Vole


MURIDAE Northern Red-backed Vole
Body length 8-11cm. Tail length 3-4cm.

Japanese Red-backed Vole Japanese Red-backed Vole


MURIDAE Japanese Red-backed Vole
Body length 8-13cm. Tail length 5-8cm.
This vole live in Honsyu.

Smith's Red-backed Vole Smith's Red-backed Vole


MURIDAE Smith's Red-backed Vole
Body length 8-12cm. Tail length 3-6cm.
This vole live in Honsyu and Shikoku, kyusyu.

Japanese Field Vole Japanese Field Vole


MURIDAE Japanese Field Vole
Body length 10-14cm. Tail length 3-5cm.
This vole live in Honsyu and Kyusyu.

Muskrat @Muskrat


MURIDAE Muskrat (importation kind)
Body length 25-36cm. Tail length 20-28cm.
A kind of family Rodentia from North America Hara. It lives in the water side.

Harvest Mouse Harvest Mouse


MURIDAE Harvest Mouse
Body length 5-8cm. Tail length 6-8cm.
This is the smallest mouse in Japan. They make a nest like a bird between the stems of the grass.

Striped field mouse Striped field mouse


MURIDAE Striped Field Mouse
Body length 13cm. Tail length 12cm.
This mouse live in only Senkaku Islands in Japan.

Small Japanese field mouse Small Japanese field mouse


MURIDAE Small Japanese Field Mouse (Japanese Geisya Mouse)
Body length 7-10cm. Tail length 7-11cm.
This mouse live in the wood. They are good at the tree climbing.
They are a special product of Japan. The English biologist that it was collected for the first time named it "Geisya".

Korean Field Mouse Korean Field Mouse


MURIDAE Korean Field Mouse
Body length 7-8cm. Tail length 7-9cm.
This mouse size is in the middle of Small Japanese Field mouse with Large Japanese Field Mouse.
It live in Hokkaido.

Large Japanese Field Mouse Large Japanese Field Mouse


MURIDAE Large Japanese Field Mouse
Body length 8-14cm. Tail length 7-13cm.
This mouse have big ears, big eyes and long tail. It is a typical beautiful mouse like a mouse.

Brown Rat Brown Rat


MURIDAE Brown Rat
Body length 19-28cm. Tail length 15-22cm.
This rat likes the place where it became wet. They breeds in the drain and so on.

Black Rat Black Rat


MURIDAE Black Rat
Body length 15-24cm. Tail length 15-26cm.
This rat likes the place where it dried. The number increases in the city street lined with office buildings.

Spiny Rat Spiny Rat


MURIDAE Spiny Rat
Body length 12-18cm. Tail length 10-12cm.
When it is attacked by a snake, the rat jumps, and dodge the blow.

Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat


MURIDAE Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat
Body length 22-33cm. Tail length 24-33cm.
It is the biggest rat in the Japanese rat family.

House Mouse House Mouse


MURIDAE House Mouse
Body length 6-9cm. Tail length 4-8cm.
The Mouse is distributed widely throughout the world.

Ryukyu House Mouse Ryukyu House Mouse


MURIDAE Ryukyu House Mouse
Body length 6-8cm. Tail length 6-9cm.
This Mouse distributed in Okinawa and Taiwan, the Chinese southern part. Their tail is longer than a body.

Nutria Nutria


MYOCASTORIDAE Nutria (importation kind)
Body length 56-63cm. Tail length 30-43cm.
A kind of big Rodentia family from South America Hara. It lives in the water side.

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