House Mouse

A widespread and common mouse species in the UK, house mice typically live near humans and rarely venture far from buildings.

They are swift movers, skilled climbers, capable swimmers, and can jump impressively high. With excellent vision and hearing, they also communicate with one another within their nests. Highly adaptable, house mice make use of any available materials to construct suitable nests.

• A dropping sample with sufficient biological material to be used as a reserve is required in case the extraction is unsuccessful the first time: the fresher a sample is, the more likely the test will be able to extract viable DNA.
• Other viable sample types include fur/hair, tissue and blood.
• Often an identified species in bat dropping analysis as well as through biological analysis.