# harvest mouse

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Micromys minutus, a species of the sub-family Murinae (Old World rats and mice).
2. A New World mouse of the genus Reithrodontomys.

## Etymology
Coined by Thomas Pennant, after discovery by Gilbert White (1767); it is first named the Less long-tailed Field Mouse, and finally the harvest mouse (1776).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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