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(Ochrotomys nuttali)
This rodent is one of the most beautiful of our native mice. A light to brilliant orange-gold fur is characterstic of the adults. This mouse uses shrubs and vines as a serial highways and nests above ground in structurs that hang in the shrub layer. Seed, nuts and berries are its prime food items.