• Question: What are the differences between female and male mouses?

    Asked by pringles101 to Hazel Dormouse on 4 Dec 2017.
    • Photo: Hazel Dormouse

      Hazel Dormouse answered on 4 Dec 2017:

      Interestingly, the Hazel Dormouse is not actually a mouse although we look very similar. We are in the same family (rodents) but I am actually closer related to a squirrel! The name dormouse was adapted from the French word ‘to sleep’, which is dormir, because of how long I hibernate for. The only real difference between the males and females of this species are the size; the males are slightly bigger, plus the obvious biological differences!

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