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Viro P. & Koskela P., 1978: Moult topography, moulting and the structure of the fur in the harvest mouse. Acta theriol., 23, 34: 503—517. [With 5 Figs. & 4 Tables]. An examination was made of the moult patterns, moulting and the structure of the fur based on 304 pelts of harvest mouse, Micromys minutus (Pallas, 1778) obtained from the western part of Central Finland during the period September—January. This material included 150 individuals in the process of moulting. The moult pattern in the adult harvest mouse was predominantly of the caudad or cephalad type and rarely of the dorsad type. .No differences in this pattern were to be noted in respect of sex, pelage type or season of the year. This pattern is distinct from that found in all other Muridae species studied, amongst which the dorsad type is the most common, a feature which is apparently rented to the typical climbing habit of the harvest mouse. The winter fur was 9—15% longer than the summer fur and 15% more dense, properties that are generally accepted as associated with thermoregulation. The fur of the young specimens was equivalent to the winter fur in length, but was the least dense of all the types studied. Those individuals already possessing the winter fur type were frequently still at the moulting stage (41—80% in the various months), so that this may represent the 'intermediate winter fur' which appears to develop directly from the juvenile fur by a simple increase in density, principally of the woolly hairs, with no intervening summer fur. In this way the length of the juvenile coat would toe of ecological significance for the young born in late summer in assisting the preparation for wintering. The majority of individuals, 73%, possessed their winter fur at least a month before the 0°C isotherm was reached, a-nd all the specimens did so by the onset of the permanent snow cover. The results indicate that the harvest mouse has adapted wel-l to the northern environment. .