Alabama+Beach+Mouse

media type="custom" key="3680851" By Wyatt Snyder

It lives in coastal sand dunes. The sand dunes have plants on them. The mice hide in the roots and crab burrows. It is only found from Fort Morgau Peninsula to the Gulf State Park of coastal Alabama. The Alabama Beach Mouse eats on grass, seeds, roots, and insects. They are mammals. They have many litters a year. Each litter has two to seven babies. They live 180 days, with the same family. The Alabama beach mouse is 2.7 to 3.4 inches long. Its back is pale gray and it has a stripe. The tail is white with a stripe. The sides and belly are white. They are endangered by beach development taking away their habitat. Hurricanes kill them. Also, house cats and red foxes eat them.