Small mammal with long front teeth for gnawing, a long tail that is brown on top and white underneath, large eyes; this food-storing mammal is primarily nocturnal.
Dry forest, tundra, grasslands
Seeds, nuts, insects, berries, mushrooms, fresh green vegetation
Foxes, weasels, marten, owls and other birds of prey
While eating and caching their foods, deer mice scatter the seeds of some plants and the spores of mycorrhizal fungi.
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