The difference between a squirrel and a mouse

The squirrel is a family of mammalian rodents, which includes the squirrel subfamily and the African ground squirrel subfamily, characterized by a long furry tail. Mice are mammalian rodents. They are adaptable, eat almost anything and live anywhere. Let's take a look at the difference between squirrels and mice.

The difference of families and genera between squirrels and mice

1. Squirrels: squirrels belong to the genera of 35 genera, including the animal kingdom, phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, Mammal class, true animal subclass, rodent order, Squirrel suborder, Squirrel family.

2. Rats: rats are animal kingdom, phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, Mammal class, true animal subclass, rodent order, rodent suborder, rodent family, rodent subfamily, rodent family.

Morphological differences between squirrels and mice

1. Squirrels: squirrels are generally small, and African dwarf squirrels can be as small as 710 cm long and 100 grams long, and as large as 53-73 cm long and 5-8 kg as large as marmots (marmots). There are no wings between the front and rear limbs, strong limbs, sharp claws, hooks at the ends of the claws, and the female is slightly heavier than the male. Chipmunks and squirrels have cheek pouches on the inside of their cheeks, which can store a lot of food.

2. Mice: the main characteristics of mice are tapered body, no canine teeth, clearance between incisors and premolars or molars, well-developed incisors, no teeth roots, lifelong growth, common rodents to wear short, move quickly, taking plants as the staple food, and some are omnivorous. The mouse is a kind of rodent, big and small.

The difference in habits between squirrels and mice

1. Squirrels: most squirrels live in coniferous forests and coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests in cold temperate zones, especially in forests on hillsides or on both sides of river valleys. They like to live alone in the edge of trees, and some also build nests in trees. During the day, they are good at climbing and jumping on trees, and the long fluffy tail plays a balancing role. When jumping, they use their hind legs to support their bodies, and their tails straighten out, leaping up to more than ten meters at a time. Do not hibernate, but in snowy days and particularly cold weather will use hay to seal the hole, holding a long furry tail to keep warm for several days, and then come out to look for food when the weather is warm.

2. Rats: rats widely live in plains, hills, mountains and lake valleys, mostly in plain agricultural areas, and can also be seen on the edge of grasslands and forests and felling lands. They like to live in dry fields, ridges, embankments, mounds, weeds and firewood and grass stacks that are sunny and moist near water. They are mainly active at night, and they are most frequent in the early morning and dusk. They have no habit of hibernation and can migrate with natural conditions and food sources.

The difference of harm between squirrels and mice

1. Squirrels: squirrels are second-class protected wild animals in the country. they are naturally alert, lively, agile and active, and are loved by people. however, this lovely "elf" is an important pest in the field of agriculture and forestry. it often brings varying degrees of losses to our seedlings, fruits, corn and other agricultural and forestry crops. In the garden, camphor, albizzia, beech, maple, red maple, du Ying, without disease and other bark are easy to be eaten by squirrels to varying degrees, especially camphor, the main branches with a diameter of more than 20 centimeters are often killed to death, resulting in huge losses.

2. Rats: rats can make holes and climb trees, and often haunt sewers, toilets, kitchens, debris piles, garbage dumps, etc., and move back and forth between bacteria-carrying places and clean places. through rat feet, body hair and stomach carriers to spread plague, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, leptospirosis and other sources of disease, but rats provide people with numerous drug experimental data.