How to Use house mouse in a Sentence

house mouse

noun

• The researchers found that the longer the Natufians stayed in one spot, the better the house mice thrived.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
• Deer mice tend to be bigger than house mice and have white bellies and brown or tan backs.
  — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• But only six of these changes were the house mouse’s own innovations.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2011
• Under the law, using traps to catch gophers, house mice, rats, moles and voles would still be permitted.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
• In contrast, similar-sized animals like house mice tend to live for just two years.
  — Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• New York City house mice, the kind probably nibbling away in the pantry, are leaving behind more than an unwelcome mess.
  — Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018
• Over the course of more than a century, the island mice evolved to be about 50 percent larger than normal house mice, which allows them to munch on larger food sources.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 10 Dec. 2019
• There is no question the Eurasian house mice, which are believed to have been introduced to the islands by seal hunters in the 19th century, are a serious problem.
  — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2019
• The lifespan of a ordinary house mouse is less than 2 years, but Disney’s iconic rodent is still chugging along as Mickey Mouse turns 92.
  — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• It’s also been found in at least 26 different kinds of mammals, including, most recently in the United States — cows, cats and house mice.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 11 June 2024
• For comparison, a house mouse’s skin is around 20 times stronger than a spiny mouse’s, and can absorb 77 times more energy before breaking.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
• Introduced to the islands by ships during the 19th century, the house mice have been munching up the seed bank of sensitive plants, thus making room for invasive plants to thrive.
  — Will Houston, The Mercury News, 11 July 2019
• For the scientists, the choice of the brain of the house mouse (Mus musculus) is obvious: The rodent is the model organism par excellence in biology and medicine.
  — Karin Schlott, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2023
• The scientists used standard lab species: The Norway rat (Rattus novegicus) and house mouse (Mus musculus), both of which are common cohabitants in our towns and cities.
  — National Geographic, 29 Mar. 2018
• African wading mice are not just larger than your average house mouse—they’re also more adventurous.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Oct. 2020
• The house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, was one such animal.
  — Andrew C. Kitchener, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
• The islands also host tens of thousands of house mice — an invasive species that is wreaking havoc on the native ecosystem, according to biologists.
  — Laura Newberry, latimes.com, 7 July 2019
• After controlling for body size and other reproductive traits, the width (but not length) of the house mouse baculum predicts both the mean number of offspring sired per litter and total number of offspring sired.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2013
• The plague is a cruel blow to farmers in Australia’s most populous state who have been battered by fires, floods and pandemic disruptions in recent years, only to face the new scourge of the introduced house mouse, or Mus musculus.
  — Fox News, 29 May 2021
• The plague is a cruel blow to farmers in Australia's most populous state who have been battered by fires, floods and pandemic disruptions in recent years, only to face the new scourge of the introduced house mouse, or Mus musculus.
  — Rod McGuirk, Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
• Now, new research suggests the house mouse and its domesticated feline pursuer may have arrived in Europe thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2020
• This study set out to uncover potential correlations between baculum shape and reproductive success in the house mouse.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2013
• Properly dispose of garbage in rodent-proof cans with tight-fitting lids to prevent house mice or other rodent populations from becoming established and competing with beach mice.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 23 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024