Quiz: How much do you know about these small mammals?

Question

Who's the smallest here?

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Answer 1

The common house mouse

Answer 2

The lesser horseshoe bat

Answer 3

The pygmy shrew

Answer 4

They have incredible eyesight and can spot tasty treats a mile off

Answer 5

They use their whiskers - it's known as whisking

Answer 6

They order on JustEat

Answer 7

Baby hedgehogs

Answer 8

A brown rat's tail

Answer 9

A brown rat's head and body combined

Answer 10

They spend summer in Ireland but migrant to warmer climates in winter

Answer 11

Grey squirrels can digest unripe acorns better than red squirrels

Answer 12

Grey squirrels can hide acorns better than red squirrels, and allow their supply to last longer during the winter

Answer 13

They don't have any advantage - squirrels can't actually eat acorns

Answer 14

Red squirrels often mistake rocks for acorns, meaning as much as half of their winter store is just rocks. Idiots!

Answer 15

There isn't actually any such thing as a "dormouse', all mice are dormice

Answer 16

No, but a small population of the hazel dormouse was recently found in Co Kildare

Answer 17

Yes, both the Irish dormouse and small bottom dormouse are native

Answer 18

How the hell am I meant to know who that is?

Answer 19

That's a Reeves's muntjac you've got there

Answer 20

It's a hybrid of a sika deer and a red deer

Answer 21

It's a Short Hamilton Deer

Answer 22

One, occasionally they'll have twins

Answer 23

Anywhere up to 10

Answer 24

Always four - it's very rare for a bat to have any less or any more

Answer 25

Bats lay eggs.

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