They are native to central Asia and arrived in North America on colonist's ships. House mice are quite adaptable living in and around homes and farms as well as in pastures and farm fields. They destroy food meant for humans, livestock, or other animals. Although house mice usually feed on cereal grains, they are true nibblers and will taste just about anything. Even though they have poor eyesight, they have keen senses of taste, hearing, smell and touch.
House mice are excellent climbers and can run up any rough vertical surface.
They can leap tall buildings in a single bound jumping 13 inches from the floor onto a flat surface. They can squeeze through openings slightly larger than one fourth inch in diameter. That's about the size of a pencil. In a single year a female may have five to ten litters of usually five or six young each. Young are born 19 to 21 days after mating and the young can start having their own babies in six to ten weeks.