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Scaly Mice

The Scaly Mice (Squamomyidae) are a family of rodents in the superfamily Muroidea native to the deserts, grasslands, tropical, subtropical, temperate and alpine forests and other alpine environments in central, eastern and north-eastern Asia. They have scales formed from fused hair along their backs, sides and tails. They range between 120 and 150cm in length, a third of which is their tail. They are omnivorous and feed on seeds, fruits, nuts, roots and tubers, invertebrates, eggs, amphibians, reptiles and small birds and mammals. Females give birth to four to six, rarely eight, offspring, which they raise inside a secluded nest within a log