| Moose Temporal range: Late Miocene–Recent
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| Hoose moose (Mus musculus). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Faimily: | Muridae |
| Subfaimily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Mus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Species | |
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30 kent species | |
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- The hairst-moose (Micromys minutus),
- The hill-moose (Apodemus fridariensis) in Shetland
- The hoose-moose (Mus musculus), St. Kilda hoose-moose (Mus musculus muralis)
- The laund-moose (Microtus agrestis) is richtly a vole.
- The yird-moose (Apodemus sylvaticus), St. Kilda yird-moose (Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis)
- The vole-moose or cuttock (Microtus arvalis orcadensis) o Orkney is richtly a vole.
- The thraw-moose, strae-moose, shear-moose or roan-moose is richtly the wicht the yird shrew (Sorex araneus).
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