Mus musculus

Linnaeus, 1758

House Mouse

Side view of mouse in pantry
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Location:UK, England, Surrey, Tolworth Laboratory StudioDate taken:Jan 1, 1980

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 754

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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original name as described

Mus Musculus

Type locality

Uppsala, Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Afrotropic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Ireland · United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Netherlands · Belgium · Luxembourg · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Malta · Austria · Germany · Denmark · Czech Republic · Slovenia · Slovakia · Hungary · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Poland · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Djibouti · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Cyprus · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Oman · United Arab Emirates · Qatar · Bahrain · Kuwait · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Sri Lanka · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Mongolia · China · Japan · Myanmar · Thailand · Vietnam · Laos · Cambodia · Malaysia

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.

Total: 193 names and synonyms.

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