What is the difference between house mice and field mice?

Answer 1

They're different species. The most common species of peridomestic (=living near or with humans) mouse is Mus musculus. This species was originally distributed (probably) in the Mediterranean region and parts of Asia, but now it occurs everywhere, since it has traveled wherever man has gone.
Field mice are normally native to the areas where they are present. Since mice are the most diverse of mammals in terms of species, there's a huge diversity of field mice, voles, and similar rodents in most areas of the world (exceptions are Australia and neighboring islands, where there are no native placental mammals, and the poles).
Many of these species are not easy to identify or distinguish at first sight, but they differ in their size, color, relative size of the ears and tail, as well as their preferred habitat, food, etc.
However, actual determination (=assignation to a species) must be done by examining its skull and especially its teeth.

Answer 2

Field Mice Vs House Mice

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Answer 4

Location, location, location. As cold weather moves in the field mice try to move indoors. They are the same species, some of them just get lucky enough to find a nice warm place for the winter.

Answer 5

The house mouse, Mus musculus, found throughout the world, is the most familiar of the mice; many of its races live commensally with humans and are serious pests, while others live in the wild. It usually measures about 6 in. (15 cm) long and weighs under 1 oz (28 grams). It has gray to brown fur, large rounded ears, a pointed muzzle, and a naked scaley tail. An omnivorous feeder, it causes great destruction and contamination of food supplies. Its nests are built of available chewable materials, such as clothing and paper. It may carry human diseases, such as typhoid and spotted fever. Females produce litters of four to eight young after a gestation period of three weeks; under favorable conditions they breed throughout the year. The young mature in two months. House mice, particularly albino strains, are extensively used in biological and medical experimentation and are also sometimes kept as pets.

Field mouse is a name applied to various wild-living mice in different parts of the world. The Old World field mice are species of the genus Apodemus, closely related to the house mouse and found throughout Eurasia and North Africa. The widely distributed long-tailed field mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus, is a nocturnal, burrowing creature that prefers succulent plant food and frequently invades gardens and houses. In North America the name field mouse (or meadow mouse) is applied to voles. South American field mice belong to the genus Akodon, with about sixty species distributed among a wide variety of habitats, including human dwellings. Most of these resemble long-tailed voles. The name tree mouse is likewise applied to various arboreal mice and voles in different parts of the world.

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