Discover Harvest Mice in the Grass: A Tale of Japan’s Smallest Mouse

作者: ゆうき えつこ (Yuuki Etsuko)    

摄影师：福田幸広 (Fukuda Yukihiro)    

出版社: 小学館    

出版日期: 2022年    

ISBN：9784097251644    

页数: 40    

规格: 210 x 230mm      

适读年龄: 9岁+    

内容简介：    

三只小收割鼠从草丛中向外张望。作为日本最小的老鼠，它们生活在草地区域，不冬眠，全年多次繁殖。在分娩前，它们会用日本芒草和其他草的茎杆建造出球形巢穴，作为分娩和抚养幼崽的地方。这些照片是在五年的时间里拍摄的，生动地展现了这些小型哺乳动物未知的生态。尽管小收割鼠曾经在草原上很常见，但随着人类活动的增加，它们的栖息地受到威胁，他们现在面临着濒临灭绝的威胁。  

Three little harvest mice stare out from the grass. The smallest mice in Japan, they live in grassy areas, do not hibernate, and bear young repeatedly throughout the year. Before giving birth, they build ball-shaped nests out of stalks of Japanese pampas and other grasses as a place to bear and raise their young. The photos, which were taken over a five-year period, graphically portray the unknown ecology of these little mammals. Although once common in grasslands, the home of harvest mice, the species is now threatened with extinction as changing human activity encroaches upon their habitat.