Common Names
Common Names in English:
Western European House Mouse
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,037 meters (0 to 9,964 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Mus
There are approximately 143 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
M. (Nannomys) setulosus · M. abbotti · M. aguti · M. albigena · M. albiventer · M. arianus · M. auricomis · M. avarillus · M. bactrianus · M. bactrianus yamashinai · M. baoulei (Baoule's Mouse) · M. bobak · M. booduga (Little Indian Field Mouse) · M. booduga booduga (Little Indian Field Mouse) · M. bufo (Toad Mouse) · M. callewaerti (Callewaert's Mouse) · M. capensis · M. caroli (Ricefield Mouse) · M. caroli caroli (Ricefield Mouse) · M. castaneus · M. cervicolor (Fawn-Coloured Mouse) · M. cervicolor cervicolor (Fawn-Colored Mouse) · M. cervicolor popaeus · M. chrysocomus · M. citellus · M. cookii (Cook's Mouse) · M. coypus · M. crociduroides (Sumatran Shrewlike Mouse) · M. datae · M. decumanus · M. decumanus pallas · M. discolor · M. domesticus (Western European House Mouse) · M. domesticus domesticus (Western European House Mouse) · M. dunni · M. elegans · M. famulus (Servant Mouse) · M. fernandoni (Ceylon Spiny Mouse) · M. flavigaster · M. flynni · M. formosanus · M. goundae (Gounda Mouse) · M. gratus · M. gundi · M. hamidae · M. haouzi · M. haussa (Hausa Mouse) · M. hortulanus · M. indutus (Desert Pygmy Mouse) · M. infuscatus · M. ique · M. jacobsi · M. kasaicus · M. lateralis · M. lehocla · M. leporinus · M. leucogaster · M. linnaeusi · M. macedonicus (Macedonian Mouse) · M. macedonicus macedonicus (Macedonian Mouse) · M. mahomet (Mahomet Mouse) · M. major · M. marmota · M. mattheyi (Matthey's Mouse) · M. mayori (Mayor's Mouse) · M. mayori mayori · M. meridionalis · M. minutoides (African Pygmy Mouse) · M. minutoides kasaica · M. minutus · M. minutus sareptae · M. monax · M. muralis · M. muscardinus · M. musculoides · M. musculoides enclavae · M. musculus (House Mouse) · M. musculus albinus · M. musculus albula · M. musculus azoricus · M. musculus bactrianus · M. musculus brevirostris · M. musculus castaneus · M. musculus domesticus · M. musculus faeroensis · M. musculus gentilis · M. musculus gentilulus · M. musculus homourus · M. musculus hortulanus · M. musculus manchu · M. musculus molossinus · M. musculus musculus · M. musculus poschiavinus · M. musculus praetextus · M. musculus spicilegus · M. musculus spretus · M. musculus subsp · M. musculus tataricus · M. musculus var. alba · M. musculus wagneri
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Further Reading
- A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology By W London, Printed for Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1837-1852 ENG url p. 330.
- A text-book of zoology, by T. Jeffery Parker and William A. Haswell With illustrations. London, Macmillan and co., limited;1897. ENG url p. 585.
- A text-book of zoology, by the late T. Jeffery Parker and William A. Haswell London, Macmillian and co., limited, 1921. ENG url p. 601.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 621.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1951. ENG url p. 605.
- Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des sİances de l'Acadİmie des sciences. Paris: publiİs avec le concours du Centre national de la recherche scientifique par MM. les secrİtaires perpİtuels: -1965. FRE url p. 1240.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 69.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. ENG url p. 110, p. 120, p. 129, p. 139, p. 143, p. 161, p. 52, p. 62, p. 78, p. 79, p. 82, p. 86.
- Hill birds of Scotland, by Seton Gordon illustrated. London, E. Arnold, 1915. ENG url p. 72.
- London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. London. url p. 342.
- Microscopic objects, animal, vegetable and mineral; with instructions for preparing and viewing them. London, Whittaker, 1847. ENG url p. 108.
- Naturalist (Morris) London. url p. 25.
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien: K.-k. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei Karl Gerold's Sohn, GER url p. 522, p. 70.
- Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz / edited by Bruce D. Patterson, Robert M. Timm. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1987. ENG url p. 444.
- The Great Basin naturalist. Provo, Utah, M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University. ENG url p. 369.
- The natural history of South Africa. by F.W. Fitzsimons. London, New York [etc.]Longmans, Green and co., 1923. ENG url p. 166.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego]: The Society, 1905- ENG url p. 137.
- Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875, by J. A. Harvie-Brown with coloured plates and other illustrations and 4 maps London, T. F. Unwin, 1905. ENG url p. 46.
- Ueber das System der Nagethiere: eine phylogenetische Studie / von Tycho Tullberg. Upsala: Akademische Buchdruckerei, 1899. GER url p. 17.
Notes
Contributors
- Amori, G. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5433336
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14882683
- IUCN ID: 13990
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6539
Footnotes
- Mean = 218.620 meters (717.257 feet), Standard Deviation = 679.100 based on 2,218 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
