MENCIT (Mus musculus)

Taxonomy Mus musculus

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	MURIDAE

Scientific Name:	Mus musculus
Species Authority:	Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name/s: English – House Mouse French – Souris Domestique Spanish – Ratón Casero
Synonym/s:	Mus abbotti Waterhouse, 1837 Mus domesticus Rutty, 1772
Taxonomic Notes:	Includes domesticus as a subspecies (Wilson and Reeder 2005). All Philippine populations of Mus are now placed in the species M. musculus (subspecies castaneus) and the species is considered to be non-native (Marshall 1977).

Geographic Range

Range Description:	Mus musculus was originally a Palaearctic species, but through its close association with humans it has been widely introduced across the globe (Musser and Carleton, 2005). The species is widespread over all continents, except Antarctica, and has become established in North and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, and many oceanic islands (Macholán 1999). The list of countries of occurrence is incomplete.
Countries:	Native: Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Egypt; Eritrea; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Holy See (Vatican City State); Hungary; Iceland; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lebanon; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malta; Moldova; Monaco; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Nepal; Netherlands; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tajikistan; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; Uzbekistan; Yemen Introduced: Argentina; Australia; Bolivia; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Cyprus; Ecuador; Guernsey; Indonesia; Isle of Man; Jersey; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Singapore; South Africa; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; United States; Uruguay; Venezuela; Viet Nam
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Population

Population:	A widespread and abundant species; common except in some extreme habitats (e.g. at high altitude) (Macholán 1999).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology:

House mice are typically commensal, and are found in a very wide range of man-made habitats including houses, farm outbuildings, other types of buildings, and even coal mines and frozen meat stores. Sometimes it is feral in areas where it has been introduced, and in some parts of its native range it maintains wild populations in outdoor habitats such as arable land, pastures, coastal sand dunes, salt marshes, and scrubby road verges (Macholán 1999, Wilson and Reeder 2005). House mice tend not to be found in forests and deserts (Macholán 1999).

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats

Major Threat(s):

This species faces no major threats.

Conservation Actions

Conservation Actions:	Not protected under international legislation; commonly regarded as a pest. Present in many protected areas. A highly successful colonist of artificial environments; no conservation measures are required.
Citation:	Musser, G., Amori, G., Hutterer, R., Kryštufek, B., Yigit, N. & Mitsain, G. 2008. Mus musculus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 October 2011.
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