The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior - Softcover

Yerkes, Robert Mearns

 
9781518792151: The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior

Synopsis

The variety of mouse which is known as the Japanese dancing or waltzing mouse has been of special interest to biologists and to lovers of pets because of its curious movements. Haacke in Brehm's "Life of Animals" (7 p. 337) writes as follows concerning certain mice which were brought to Europe from China and Japan: "From time to time a Hamburg dealer in animals sends me two breeds of common mice, which he calls Chinese climbing mice (Chinesische Klettermäuse) and Japanese dancing mice (Japanische Tanzmäuse).

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