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Mouse with a mouse

A brown common house mouse on a computer mouse

When one scientist talks to another about Mus musculus (the common house mouse), there is no confusion with its computer counterpart.

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Rights: Mladen Hanzek
Published: 14 April 2009Size: 46.8 KB
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