Partially arboreal, with a semi-prehensile tail - a tail that it can use to grasp as it climbs - the golden Mouse nests, feeds, and escapes from predators and flooding by climbing trees, vines, and shrubs. Sometimes one will remodel a bird's nest into a home of its own. Learn more about the Ochrotomys nuttalli, more commonly known as a Golden Mouse, in this easy-to-read species overview by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.