These adaptive changes help in ways best seen between desert mice and those who live in darker habitats. While desert mice often developed extremely light colored coats to blend best with the environment, mice who live in forest's or valleys often have darker coats to blend with foliage and trees. These coats that help camouflage with the environment protect mice in the open from being snatched by say a eagle or bird of prey. And mice who blend equally with foliage are protected more from ground predators like other small foxes or rodents
