Mus musculus
Linnaeus, 1758
House Mouse
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033873Original 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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