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''This article is about the small mammal. See [[Computer mouse]] for the computer pointing device.''
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Mice (the plural of '''mouse''') are small [[herbivorous]] [[rodent]] [[mammal]]s. There are many species of mice including non related mammals such as [[dormice]]. The common house mouse ''Mus musculus'' is widely distributed worldwide, having accompanied human travelers to many countries beyond its natural range. Typically mice will feed on seeds and other plant material, though mousetraps for the house mouse are usually baited with [[cheese]].
*Mice, like [[rat]]s, can be a serious [[agriculture|agricultural]] pest, damaging growing crops and eating stored grain.
*Again, mice are often blamed as a [[disease vector]] for certain diseases including [[bubonic plague]] better attributed to [[rats]], or rather the fleas borne by certain species of rat.
*The laboratory mouse is widely used as an experimental organism in biomedical research. There are many specialised specialized breeds, such as the nude mouse, a hairless [[mutant]] strain used in [[cancer]] research and the Onken mouse, a mouse bred to have cancerous cells from birth.
*Mice are commonly kept as pets, and are also bred as food items for other, carnivorous pet animals.
== Mice in the Bible ==
Mice are mentioned several times in the Bible; [[Leviticus]] 11:29 declares them unclean. In 1 Samuel, after the [[Philistines]] captured the [[Ark of the Covenant]], they were afflicted by God with plagues of mice and of [[hemmorhoidshemorrhoid]]s, until they returned the Ark with a tribute of five golden hemmorhoids hemorrhoids and five golden mice:
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== Mice in popular culture ==
*[[Mickey Mouse]], the [[Walt Disney|Disney]] animated character.
*[[Mighty Mouse]], the animated mouse superhero.
*Jerry, of ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'', the animated cat-and-mouse duo.
*Itchy, of [[Itchy and Scratchy]], from ''[[the The Simpsons]]''.
*[[Reepicheep]], from [[C.S. Lewis]]'s ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''
*[[Fievel Mouskawitz ]] and his family from the ''[[An American Tail ]]'' movies
*Pinky And The and the Brain from the [[Pinky and the Brain|cartoon ]] of the same name
*[[Little Sneazer ]] from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''
*[[Stuart Little ]] from the [[Eb White]] novel of the same name
*Chucky [[Chuck E. Cheese (character)|Chuck E. Cheese]] the titular mascot of the of the [[Chuck E. Cheese Pizza and Arcade [[franchise]]restaurant
*[[Pikachu]], an electric mouse with a lightning-bolt tail, and the mascot of the ''[[PokemonPokémon]] '' franchise
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