6 August 2016

Greece

Macedonian Mouse habitat, near Lake Kerkini

In 2019 I spent a night near Lake Kerkini in northern Greece, at the Hotel Villa Belles. I caught two Macedonian Mice in grassland along the road close to the hotel. Quite easy to identify from House Mice by their short tails (much shorter than their head body).

Macedonian Mouse, Mus macedonicus

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