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Mus musculus
House Mouse
John Muir National Historic Site
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Subclass Theria, Order Rodentia, Suborder Myomorpha, Family Muridae, Genus Mus, Species Mus musculus


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		CA: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	American Memorial Park
Amistad National Recreation Area	Antietam National Battlefield
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Arkansas Post National Memorial
Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Badlands National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Biscayne National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluestone National Scenic River	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Catoctin Mountain Park
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chiricahua National Monument
Colonial National Historical Park	Colorado National Monument
Coronado National Memorial	Cowpens National Battlefield
Crater Lake National Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eisenhower National Historic Site	El Malpais National Monument
Everglades National Park	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Basin National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Haleakala National Park
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Joshua Tree National Park	Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Monocacy National Battlefield	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Morristown National Historical Park	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Natchez Trace Parkway	National Capital Parks-East
National Mall and Memorial Parks	National Park of American Samoa
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Niobrara National Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Olympic National Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Padre Island National Seashore
Parashant National Monument	Pea Ridge National Military Park
Petersburg National Battlefield	Petroglyph National Monument
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pinnacles National Park
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Prince William Forest Park	Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site	Redwood National Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Rock Creek Park
Russell Cave National Monument	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Saratoga National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sitka National Historical Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Tonto National Monument
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Tumacacori National Historical Park
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	White Sands National Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wind Cave National Park	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park	Yucca House National Monument
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	5/6/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/25/2025 7:20:14 AM

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