House mouse
Mus musculus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Mus musculus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Rodent
- Family
- Muridae
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Size
- Tiny (under 10 cm)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- Habitat
- Towns and farms, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Male house mice sing ultrasonic courtship songs that humans cannot hear.
- House mice spread around the world with people, and the mouse is one of the most used animals in medical research.
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Rattus norvegicus
- Guinea pig
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q83310 · All animals · All entries