Mus musculus
Linnaeus, 1758
House Mouse
Distribution :
Spread over the world’s continents and islands (except Antarctica) through its close association with humans; in some areas restricted to human dwellings and habitats maintained by human activity; sometimes feral where introduced; and maintaining natural, wild populations in other regions.
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Murini |
| Genus | : Mus |
| Subgenus | : Mus |
Species status
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.
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Original name as described
Mus Musculus
Type locality
Uppsala, Sweden.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic · Indomalaya · Palearctic
Country distribution
Afghanistan · Albania · Algeria · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Belarus · Belgium · Bhutan · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Cambodia · China · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · Djibouti · Egypt · Eritrea · Estonia · Ethiopia · Finland · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · India · Iran · Iraq · Ireland · Israel · Italy · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Kosovo · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Latvia · Lebanon · Libya · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malaysia · Malta · Moldova · Mongolia · Montenegro · Morocco · Myanmar · Nepal · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Norway · Oman · Pakistan · Palestine · Poland · Portugal · Qatar · Romania · Russia · Saudi Arabia · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Sweden · Switzerland · Syria · Tajikistan · Thailand · Tunisia · Turkey · Turkmenistan · Ukraine · United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
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