DOMESTIC RODENTS

 The main domestic rodents found in Nevada are the house mouse, white footed mouse (Deer mouse) and roof rat. There Order: Rodentia, Family, Muroidea.
Roof Rats have large membranous ears and sharply pointed muzzle their tail usually longer then their head and body combined. With tail and head length usually 11-18”. They weigh 4-12 ounces. Rat feces differs like Norway rats are larger feces 3/4” roof rats 1/2” mouse 1/4” droppings, they are almost everywhere, it is not uncommon to find mice droppings, urine or nibbled on books and paper, in desk drawer or trunks in attics. They contaminate foodstuffs more then rats, their gnawing of electrical wires causes an unknown number of fires. 

 There are five very similar looking species of white footed mice in Nevada. they’re rarely seeing because they’re nocturnal. White footed mice are about same size or slightly larger then a house mice. They can be identified by their bi-colored tail upper half tan to grey lower half white, larger ears and eyes with longer tail. They are seed eaters and damage newly seeded gardens and flower beds. You can guard flower beds etc. with wire mesh.