The Algerian mouse, Mus spretus, also called the western Mediterranean mouse, is a wild species of mouse closely related to the house mouse and native to open habitats around the western Mediterranean. It looks much like a house mouse but has a shorter tail, brownish fur and white or buff underparts, with a head and body length of 7.9 to 9.3 centimetres and a weight of 15 to 19 grams. It lives in Portugal, Spain, southern France, the Balearic Islands and the Maghreb coast of Africa, preferring grassland, open scrub and farmland. It is mainly nocturnal and an opportunistic omnivore that eats grass seeds, fruit and insects. Gestation lasts 19 to 20 days and litters average about five pups. Gene flow from this species gave some house mice resistance to the poison warfarin, and its oldest fossils, about 40,000 years old, come from Morocco.
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In Africa, it is found in the Maghreb regions of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya, north of the Sahara desert.
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Its range extends east of the Pyrenees into southern France, where it is found in south-eastern regions around Toulouse and up the Rhone valley to Valence.
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In Africa, it is found in the Maghreb regions of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya, north of the Sahara desert.
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In Africa, it is found in the Maghreb regions of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya, north of the Sahara desert.
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It is found throughout mainland Portugal, and in all but the most northerly parts of Spain.
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It is found throughout mainland Portugal, and in all but the most northerly parts of Spain.
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In Africa, it is found in the Maghreb regions of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya, north of the Sahara desert.
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Distribution and habitat
The Algerian mouse inhabits south-western Europe and the western Mediterranean coast of Africa.
Distribution and habitat, system
It prefers open terrain, avoiding dense forests, and is most commonly found in temperate grassland, arable land, and rural gardens.
Behaviour and ecology, habits and diet
It is an opportunistic omnivore, primarily feeding on grass seeds, fruit, and insects.
Behaviour and ecology, habits and diet, activity pattern
The Algerian mouse is primarily nocturnal.
Distribution and habitat, Africa
In Africa, it is found in the Maghreb regions of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya, north of the Sahara desert.
Distribution and habitat, Iberia
It is found throughout mainland Portugal, and in all but the most northerly parts of Spain.
Distribution and habitat, France
Its range extends east of the Pyrenees into southern France, where it is found in south-eastern regions around Toulouse and up the Rhone valley to Valence.
Reproduction
They have been reported to live up to 15 months.
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The Algerian mouse (Mus spretus), also known as the western Mediterranean mouse, is a wild species of mouse
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The Algerian mouse (Mus spretus)
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