Mus spretus

Lataste, 1883

Western Mediterranean Mouse

Also as Algerian Mouse · Grassland Mouse.
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Location:Spain, Castile and León, Ávila province, Toros de GuisandoDate taken:Sep 1, 2025

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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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lataste, F. 1883. Note sur les souris d'Algérie et description d'une espèce nouvelle (Mus Spretus). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux (4)7:13-33.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187461

Original name as described

Mus spretus

Other common names

Algerian Mouse · Grassland Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1861, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1862

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5f565906-ffcb-4040-a867-fa8b009bbe7d

Type locality

north of Hodna, between M'sila and Barika, Oued Magra, Algeria.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

France · Spain · Portugal · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003385

Country distribution map

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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: 15 names and synonyms.

Mus spretus

Lataste, 1883

Family

Muridae

Root name

spretus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1861, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1862

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5f565906-ffcb-4040-a867-fa8b009bbe7d

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187461

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:490, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:534, 535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Happold (2013:495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13985/115519082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus musculus spretus

Barrett-Hamilton, 1896

Family

Muridae

Root name

spretus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39787366

Authority publication

The Zoologist

Name usages

  1. Barrett-Hamilton (1896:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39787366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36854)
  2. Trouessart (1904:380, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Schwarz & Schwarz (1943:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9221)

Mus spicilegus hispanicus

G. S. Miller, 1909

Family

Muridae

Root name

hispanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.4.101

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4510a955-b907-473b-9afa-184aba5c1b2d

Authority page

421

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071794

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:879, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus spicilegus lusitanicus

G. S. Miller, 1909

Family

Muridae

Root name

lusitanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.2.2.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0bb20800-bbdf-4c9c-8874-dbb18971f3ab

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071795

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:882, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus spicilegus mogrebinus

Cabrera, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

mogrebinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 11.xii.5.70

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

556

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5403288

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

  1. Cabrera (1921:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36365)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus spicilegus caoccii

Krausse, 1919

Family

Muridae

Root name

caoccii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus spicilegus spretus

Cabrera, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

spretus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Cabrera (1921:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36365)

Mus spicilegus lynesi

Cabrera, 1923

Family

Muridae

Root name

lynesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

430

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus spicilegus rifensis

Cabrera, 1923

Family

Muridae

Root name

rifensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

431

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Leggada spreta

(G. M. Allen, 1939)

Family

Muridae

Root name

spretus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

390

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782287

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:390, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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