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House Mouse

Mammals

The house mouse is a small rodent with a pointed snout, large rounded ears and a long, nearly hairless tail, one of the most abundant species in its genus. Though a wild animal, it has thrived by living alongside humans to the point that populations near human habitation now far outnumber genuinely wild ones, and it has also been domesticated as the pet or fancy mouse and as the laboratory mouse, one of the most important model organisms in biology and medicine; its full reference genome was sequenced in 2002.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Domesticated 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Scientific Name
Mus musculus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Rodentia, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. House mouse (Wikidata)
WikidataStatements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Quote, Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
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3. House Mouse (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Taxobox, binomial name
    Binomial name: Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Infobox, conservation status
    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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Wikidata: House Mouse
Wikidata Q83310, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: RodentiaView the Source
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