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Scientific Name
Mus musculus
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758
Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
HOUSE MOUSE
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Subclass | Theria |
| Infraclass | Eutheria |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Suborder | Myomorpha |
| Superfamily | Muroidea |
| Family | Muridae |
| Subfamily | Murinae |
| Genus | Mus |
| Subgenus | Mus (Mus) |
| Species | Mus musculus |
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Non-native
Abundance
Rare
Seasonality Tags
- Breeder
Elevation Range Tags
- Low
Habitat Tags
-
terrestrial
common around barns and cabins
Park Rank Tags
-
Park rare
less common in recent decades
Species Record Status Tags
- Pre 1998
Taxa Group Tags
- Mammal
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
1
References
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
Converted from non-NPSpecies format by I&M Office
Created Date
10/31/2005 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
psuper@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
11/13/2023 4:02:11 PM
Notes
Park Species Detail: ATBI Sensitivity = Public Species Notes: Species introduced in New World, Australia, Tasmania, and Hawaii actually may be MUS DOMESTICUS (Marshall and Sage 1981); Musser and Carleton (in Wilson and Reeder 1993) regarded M. DOMESTICUS as a synonym of M. MUSCULUS. STATUS: Non-Native, Breeder, Uncommon, Present in Park;; Image URL: https://npgallery.nps.gov/GRSM/AssetDetail/9c05199618724cc2ac57cfa814534ae9;
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