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House Mouse

Mus Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Mus Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Mus
Genus recognized by Iran Species List, Turkmenistan, US Virgin Islands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Slovakia Species List, South Africa Species List, South Korea Species List, South Sudan Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Sudan Species List, Swaziland Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Turkey Species List, Uganda Species List, Ukraine Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Uruguay Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Taiwan Species List, New Caledonia Species List, R union Species List, Nepal Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, North Korean Species List, Palestine Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Paraguay Species List, Peru Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Republic of the Congo, Romania Species List, Senegal Species List, Serbia Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Rwanda Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Iraq Species List, Ireland Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Jordan Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Mali Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritania Species List, Kyrgyzstan Species List, Laos Species List, Latvia Species List, Lebanon Species List, Liberia Species List, Libya Species List, Mexico Species List, Mongolia Species List, Morocco Species List, Mozambique Species List, Myanmar Species List, Macedonia Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, France Species List, Hungary Species List, Guatemala Species List, Finland Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Estonia Species List, El Salvador Species List, Eritrea Species List, Ecuador Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Guyana Species List, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Belize Species List, Belgium Species List, Benin Species List, Bermuda Species List, Bosnia and Herzegovina Species List, Botswana Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Dominica Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Croatia Species List, Cuba Species List, Chile Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Chad Species List, Cocos Islands, Algeria Species List, Andorra Species List, Angola Species List, Aruba Species List, Argentina Species List, Austria Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Australia Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Djibouti Species List, Guinea Species List, India Species List, Montenegro Species List, Norway Species List, Pakistan Species List, Qatar Species List, Namibia Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Syria Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Russia Species List, Egypt Species List, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia AST, Bolivia Species List, wikipedia AF, Gabon Species List, Panama Species List, Wikidata, United States Species List, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, WikiData Mammalia Branch, and Wikimedia Commons
Mus
Order recognized by Protists in Singapore
Mus
Species recognized by Protists in Singapore
Mus
Subgenus recognized by wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia AST, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons
Mus
Recognized by Flickr BHL, iNaturalist, Afghanistan Species List, NMNH Mammals, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, Wildfinder (WWF), OBIS environmental data records, and Furui 2020
Mus Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Budamys Kretzoi & Vertes 1967
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Drymomys Tschudi 1844
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Gatamiya Deraniyagala 1966
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Hylenomys Thomas 1925
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Leggada Gray 1837
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Leggadilla Thomas 1914
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Mycteromys Robinson & Kloss 1918
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Oromys Robinson & Kloss 1916
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Pseudoconomys Rhoads 1896
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Tautatus Kloss 1917
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Dasyprocta aguti (Linnaeus 1766)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758))
Leggada tenella Thomas 1911
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Mus Linnaeus, 1758)
Mus aspalax Pallas 1776
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mus barabensis Pallas 1773
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mus castaneus Higgins & Petterd 1884
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mus hamidae Geraads 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mus ique Geraads 1998
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mus longipes Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mus pachyurus Higgins & Petterd 1884
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mus spec Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mus sumatrensis Raffles 1821
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mus sungorus Pallas 1773
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Myotalpa aspalax (Pallas 1788)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Mus myospalax (Laxmann, 1773))
Siphneus aspalax (Pallas 1788)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Mus myospalax (Laxmann, 1773))
Leggada
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Mus
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, GBIF classification, AnAge articles, Pantheria, Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, NMNH type specimens, Flickr Group, and TreatmentBank

Common Names

English

house mouse preferred
Recognized by PBDB in DwCA

Afrikaans

Muis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Albanian

Miu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Amharic

ትንሽ አይጥ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Arabic

فأر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Assamese

নিগনি preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Asturian

Mur preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Atikamekw

Apikocic preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Avaric

ГӀункӀкӀ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Aymara

Achaku preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azerbaijani

Ev siçanı preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Basque

Sagu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bengali

নেংটি ইঁদুর preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bosnian

Miš preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

Домашни мишки preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

Ratolí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Cebuano

Ilaga preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

小鼠属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Croatian

Miševi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

myš preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

Muis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Erzya

Чеерь preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Estonian

Hiir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Faroese

Mús preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Finnish

kotihiiret preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Galician

Rato preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Maus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Ποντικός preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Gujarati

ઉંદર preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

עכבר preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hindi

चूहा preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Icelandic

Mús preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Inuktitut

ᐊᕕᙵᖅ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Irish

luch preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

ハツカネズミ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata

Kabyle

Aɣeṛda preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kannada

ಇಲಿ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kazakh

Тышқандар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kongo

Ditutu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Korean

생쥐속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kurdish

Mişk preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Latvian

Peles preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lingala

Mpóko preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Naminės pelės preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Macedonian

глушец preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malay

Mencit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malayalam

ചുണ്ടെലി preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Manx

Lugh preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Marathi

उंदीर preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Nahuatl

Quimichin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Navajo; Navaho

Naʼastsʼǫǫsí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Neapolitan

Surice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

North Frisian

Echt müsen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Official Aramaic

ܥܘܩܒܪܐ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

موش preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

mysz preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Punjabi

ਚੂਹਾ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Quechua

Ukucha preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Șoarece preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

домовые мыши preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Rusyn

Мышь preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sakha

Кутуйах preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sanskrit

मूषक preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Scots

Moose preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Scottish Gaelic

Luch preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Serbian

миш preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Shambala

Miš preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Shona

Mbeva preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sicilian

Surci preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Spanish; Castilian

Miš preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sundanese

Beurit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swahili

Kipanya preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

möss preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tagalog

Bubuwit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tajik

Муш preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tamil

சுண்டெலி preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tatar

йорт тычканнары preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Telugu

చిట్టెలుక preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Thai

หนูหริ่ง preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tibetan

ཙི་ཙི། preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Turkish

ev faresi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

Миша preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Unspecified

Hóhkeehe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Legotlo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Müüs preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Mūs preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Raton preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
snjeara preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Șoaricu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Upper Sorbian

Myše preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Urdu

چوہا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Uzbek

Sichqonlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Chuột nhắt preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Welsh

Llygoden preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Western Frisian

Echte mûzen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Wolof

Jinax preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Wu

小鼠 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Yiddish

מויז preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azb

ائو سیچانی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ckb

مشک preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hak

Ló-chhú preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Mzn

اشنیک preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Nan

Chhí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Pnb

چوآ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sgs

Pelie preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vls

Muus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vro

Hiir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Yue

鼠屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hans

小鼠属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Mus Linnaeus 1758

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Glires
Rodentia
Mouse relatives
Myomorpha
Muroidea
Eumuroidea
Muridae
Murinae
Mus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Mus cypriacus Cucchi, Orth, Auffray, Renaud, Fabre, Catalan, Hadjisterkotis, Bonhomme & Vigne 2006
Mus subgen. Coelomys Thomas 1915
Mus subgen. Mus Linnaeus 1758
Mus subgen. Nannomys Peters 1876
Mus subgen. Pyromys Thomas 1911
Abditomys Musser 1982
Abeomelomys Menzies 1990
Anisomys Thomas 1904
Anonymomys Musser 1981
Apodemus Kaup 1829
Apomys Mearns 1905
Archboldomys Musser 1982
Baiyankamys Hinton 1943
Bandicota Gray 1873
Berylmys Ellerman 1947
Brassomys Musser & Lunde 2009
Bullimus Mearns 1905
Bunomys Thomas 1910
Chiromyscus Thomas 1925
Chiropodomys Peters 1868
Chiruromys Thomas 1888
Chrotomys Thomas 1895
Coccymys Menzies 1990
Colomys Thomas & Wroughton 1907
Conilurus Ogilby 1838
Crossomys Thomas 1907
Crunomys Thomas 1897
Dacnomys Thomas 1916
Diplothrix Thomas 1916
Echiothrix Gray 1867
Eropeplus Miller & Hollister 1921
Hadromys Thomas 1911
Haeromys Thomas 1911
Halmaheramys Fabre, Pagès, Musser, Fitriana, Semiadi & Helgen 2013
Heimyscus Misonne 1969
Hydromys É. Geoffroy 1804
Hylomyscus Thomas 1926
Hyomys Thomas 1904
Kadarsanomys Musser 1981
Komodomys Musser & Boeadi 1980
Leggadina Thomas 1910
Lenomys Thomas 1898
Lenothrix Miller 1903
Leopoldamys Ellerman 1947
Leporillus Thomas 1906
Leptomys Thomas 1897
Limnomys Mearns 1905
Lorentzimys Jentink 1911
Macruromys Stein 1933
Mallomys Thomas 1898
Malpaisomys Hutterer, Lopez-Martinez & Michaux 1988
Mammelomys Menzies 1996
Margaretamys Musser 1981
Mastacomys Thomas 1882
Mastomys Thomas 1915
Maxomys Sody 1936
Melasmothrix Miller & Hollister 1921
Melomys Thomas 1922
Mesembriomys Palmer 1906
Microhydromys Tate & Archbold 1941
Mirzamys Helgen & L. Helgen 2009
Muriculus Thomas 1903
Myomyscus Shortridge 1942
Nesokia Gray 1842
Nesoromys Thomas 1922
Nilopegamys Osgood 1928
Niviventer J. T. Marshall Jr. 1976
Notomys Lesson 1842
Palawanomys Musser & Newcomb 1983
Papagomys Sody 1941
Parahydromys Poche 1906
Paraleptomys Tate & Archbold 1941
Paramelomys Rümmler 1936
Paruromys Ellerman 1954
Paucidentomys Esselstyn, Achmadi & Rowe 2012
Paulamys Musser 1986
Pithecheir Lesson 1840
Pogonomelomys Rümmler 1936
Pogonomys Milne-Edwards 1877
Praomys Thomas 1915
Protochromys Menzies 1996
Pseudohydromys Rümmler 1934
Pseudomys Gray 1832
Rattus Fischer 1803
Rhynchomys Thomas 1895
Saxatilomys Musser, Smith, Robinson & Lunde 2005
Solomys Thomas 1922
Sommeromys Musser & Durden 2002
Soricomys Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa & Jansa 2012
Srilankamys Musser 1981
Stenocephalemys Frick 1914
Sundamys Musser & Newcomb 1983
Taeromys Sody 1941
Tarsomys Mearns 1905
Tateomys Musser 1969
Tokudaia Kuroda 1943
Tonkinomys Musser, Lunde & Nguyen Truong Son 2006
Tryphomys Miller 1910
Uromys Peters 1867
Vandeleuria Gray 1842
Waiomys Rowe, Achmadi & Esselstyn 2014
Xenuromys Tate & Archbold 1941
Xeromys Thomas 1889
Zelotomys Osgood 1910
Zyzomys Thomas 1909
39 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

WikiData Mammalia Branch

Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Gliriformes
Glires
Rodentia
Myomorpha
Muroidea
Muridae
Murinae
Mus (this page)
Coelomys
Mus
Mus abbotti
Mus aequicaudalis
Mus agrarius
Mus albocinereus
Mus alticola
Mus andamanensis
Mus anomalus
Mus arboricola
Mus arenicola
Mus arianus
Mus aureus
Mus bactrianus
Mus bimaculatus
Mus blanfordi
Mus brachiotis
Mus brevirostris
Mus camini
Mus canescens
Mus cervinipes
Mus chiropus
Mus ciliata
Mus cinnamomeus
Mus cinnamomeus
Mus citellus
Mus comberi
Mus cypriacus
Mus daccaensis
Mus darjilingensis
Mus delicatulus
Mus dolichonyx
Mus domesticus
Mus dubius
Mus dunni
Mus erythrotis
Mus exulans
Mus ferculinus
Mus forresti
Mus galapagoensis
Mus gentilulus
Mus giganteus
Mus gleadowi
Mus gracilicaudatus
Mus gracilipes
Mus gratus
Mus harti
Mus hebridensis
Mus hermannsburgensis
Mus hirsutus
Mus hirtensis
Mus huang
Mus huegeli
Mus humei
Mus huttoni
Mus jarak
Mus kasaicus
Mus klossi
Mus lasiotis
Mus lepidoides
Mus leucogaster
Mus lineolatus
Mus listoni
Mus longicaudatus
Mus losea
Mus maculipes
Mus magellanicus
Mus marmota
Mus megacephalus
Mus micropus
Mus minutus
Mus mochae
Mus monax
Mus morungensis
Mus muralis
Mus mystacinus
Mus nanus
Mus narmadaensis
Mus nasatus
Mus nigricauda
Mus niobe
Mus nitidulus
Mus norvegicus
Mus novaehollandiae
Mus nyikae
Mus obscurus
Mus oleraceus
Mus olivaceus
Mus palustris
Mus penicillatus
Mus pilorides
Mus plurimammis
Mus proconodon
Mus rama
Mus rapit
Mus rattoides
Mus rattoides
Mus rattus
Mus rogersi
Mus rutilans
Mus stoicus
Mus sylvaticus
Mus tarayensis
Mus terraereginae
Mus tiomanicus
Mus tumidus
Mus urbanus
Mus vicerex
Mus volans
Mus wagneri
Mus whiteheadi
Mus xanthorhinus
Mus xanthurus
Nannomys
Pyromys
Abditomys
Abeomelomys
Acomys
Aethomys
Anisomys
Anonymomys
Apodemini
Apomys
Archboldomys
Arvicanthis
Bandicota
Brassomys
Chingawaemys
Chiromyscus
Colomys
Congomys
Coryphomys
Crossomys
Dacnomys
Dasymys
Dephomys
Diomys
Diplothrix
Echiothrix
Eropeplus
Golunda
Hadromys
Haeromys
Halmaheramys
Heimyscus
Hooijeromys
Hybomys
Hydromyini
Hyorhinomys
Kadarsanomys
Komodomys
Lamottemys
Leggadina
Lenomys
Lenothrix
Leopoldamys
Leptomys
Limnomys
Lorentzimys
Malacomys
Malpaisomys
Margaretamys
Mastacomys
Maxomys
Mayermys
Melasmothrix
Melomys
Mesembriomys
Microhydromys
Micromys
Millardini
Mirzamys
Muriculus
Mylomys
Myomyscus
Neohydromys
Nesoromys
Nilopegamys
Ochromyscus
Palawanomys
Papagomys
Parahydromys
Paramelomys
Paruromys
Paucidentomys
Paulamys
Phloeomyini
Pithecheir
Pithecheirops
Pogonomelomys
Potwarmus
Pseudohydromys
Rattini
Rattus
Rhabdomys
Rhynchomys
Sinapodemus
Solomys
Sommeromys
Spelaeomys
Srilankamys
Stenocephalemys
Stenomys
Stochomys
Sundamys
Taeromys
Tarsomys
Thallomys
Thamnomys
Tokudaia
Tonkinomys
Tryphomys
Uromys
Xenuromys
Xeromys
39 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.
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