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- Diurnal
- The quality of being active during the day and asleep at night. Humans are an example of a diurnal animal.
- Ectoparasites
- Parasitic animals that live on the outside of the body of their hosts. Both fleas and ticks are examples of ectoparasites. This is not to be confused with endoparasites.
- Endoparasites
- Parasitic animals that live inside the body of their hosts. Tapeworms and heartworms are an example of endoparasites.
- Fancy Mouse
- This is a term used to refer to domesticated versions of the common house or field mouse. Used in this context fancy means "hobby", describing the hobby of the mouse breeder.
- Mus musculus
- This is the scientific name of the most common variety of domestic mouse. Mus refers to the genus name and musculus refers to the name of the species.
- Nocturnal
- The quality of being active at night and asleep during the day. Describing animals that are active only at night.
- Omnivorous
- A omnivore is an animal that eats both plant and animal material. Often they are scavengers or combination grazer/predators.
- Socalizing
- This refers to the practice of getting a mouse (or any animal for that matter) used to interacting with humans. A well socalized mouse will climb into a person's hand and is not frightened of humans.