Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus. Smallest European rodent and only one with a prehensile tail, here being used to secure body to vegetation.

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Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus. Smallest European rodent and only one with a prehensile tail, here being used to secure body onto vegetation before stretching and leaping onto next stem.

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Size: 6415px × 4184px
Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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