Snap trap

A snap trap for small animals, such as mice or rats, having a striking device, which can be brought into a striking position and a standby position, comprising a housing with a floor and an elongate interior, which is open at the two longitudinal ends and has an entry opening to an, in particular tunnel-like, entry portion of the housing arranged at its one longitudinal end and has the striking device arranged at its other longitudinal end, in a striking region of the housing, wherein the striking device comprises a striking lever and a triggering lever, and the striking lever can be pre-tensioned counter to the spring force of a striking-spring element as it transfers from the striking position into the standby position, wherein the striking lever can be arrested in the standby position such that it can be released directly or indirectly by the triggering lever, and the triggering lever is arranged such that the arresting of the striking lever can be released via the triggering lever by a small animal being present in the interior,

• wherein
• the striking device is designed for at least partially closing an end-side opening of the interior in the striking region of the housing, in particular it completely closes the opening when the striking device is in the striking position.