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Name:  Alyssa
Status: student
Age: 9-12
Location: WA
Country: N/A
Date: 6/28/2005
Question:
What is the normal heart rate of a mouse?

Replies:
I do not have conclusive research data and I have found the following on the web.

A typical house mouse may have between 500 and 600 beats per minute at rest; active may be 700 bpm according to some fairly reliable sources. I am not sure if all mice species are comparable.

Steve Sample

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