Mus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Murini
Genus: Mus
Subgenera (4): M. (Coelomys) – M. (Mus) – M. (Nannomys) – M. (Pyromys)
Species incertae sedis (11): †M. aegaeus – †M. auctor – †M. elegans – †M. flynni – †M. hamidae – †M. haouzi – †M. ique – †M. jacobsi – †M. kerati – †M. linnaeusi – †M. petteri

Name

Mus Linnaeus, 1758: 59 [conserved name]

Type species: Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758, by Linnaean tautonymy.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 91 (1926: 2) and Direction 24 (1955: 221).

Synonyms

Budamys Kretzoi & Vertes, 1967
Coelomys Thomas, 1915
Drymomys Tschudi, 1844
Gatamiya Deraniyagala, 1966
Hylenomys Thomas, 1925
Leggada Gray, 1837
Leggadilla Thomas, 1914
Musculus Rafinesque, 1814
Mycteromys Robinson & Kloss, 1918
Nannomys Peters, 1876
Oromys Robinson & Kloss, 1916
Pseudoconomys Rhoads, 1896
Pyromys Thomas, 1911
Tautatus Kloss, 1917

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1926. Opinion 91. Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1–2. BHL Reference page.
International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 24. Completion of the entries relating to the names of certain genera in the class Mammalia made on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 219–246. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501–755 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page.
Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Chevret, P., Veyrunes, F. & Britton-Davidian, J. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Murinae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear data. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84(3): 417–427. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00444.x Reference page.
Cruz, M., Bergmans, W., Takada, T., Shiroishi, T. & Yoshiki, A. 2024. Type specimens, taxonomic history, and genetic analysis of the Japanese dancing mouse or waltzer, Mus wagneri variety rotans Droogleever Fortuyn, 1912 (Mammalia, Muridae). ZooKeys 1200: 27–39. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.118823 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Muis
ak: Akura
Alemannisch: Mäuse
Ænglisc: Mūs
ܐܪܡܝܐ: ܥܘܩܒܪܐ
العربية: فأر
অসমীয়া: এন্দুৰ
авар: ГӀункӀкӀ
Aymar aru: Achaku
azərbaycanca: Ev siçanı
Boarisch: Mais
български: Домашни мишки
বাংলা: ইঁদুর
བོད་ཡིག: ཙི་ཙི།
bosanski: Miš
català: Ratolí
Cebuano: Ilaga
Tsetsêhestâhese: Hóhkeehe
کوردی: مشک
čeština: Myš
Deutsch: Mäuse
eʋegbe: Afi
Ελληνικά: Ποντικός
English: Mouse
Esperanto: Muso
español: Ratón
eesti: Hiir
euskara: Sagu
فارسی: موش
võro: Hiir
suomi: Kotihiiret
Nordfriisk: Echt müsen
français: Souris
Gaeilge: Luch
galego: Rato
Gaelg: Lugh
עברית: עכבר
hrvatski: Miš
magyar: Egér
Ido: Muso
íslenska: Mús
italiano: Topo
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut: ᐊᕕᙵᖅ
日本語: ハツカネズミ属
қазақша: Тышқандар
한국어: 생쥐속
कॉशुर / کٲشُر: گَگُر
lingála: Mpóko
lietuvių: Naminės pelės
latviešu: Pele
मराठी: उंदीर
Bahasa Melayu: Mencit
مازِرونی: اشنیک
Nāhuatl: Quimichin
Nederlands: Muis
norsk nynorsk: Mus
Sesotho sa Leboa: Legotlo
Diné bizaad: Naʼastsʼǫǫsí
occitan: Mirga
polski: Mysz
پنجابی: چوآ
Runa Simi: Ukucha
română: Șoarece
русский: Домовые мыши
саха тыла: Кутуйах
sicilianu: Surci
Scots: Moose
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Miš
slovenščina: Miš
chiShona: Mbeva
shqip: Miu
српски / srpski: Миш
Sunda: Beurit
svenska: Möss
Kiswahili: Kipanya
తెలుగు: చిట్టెలుక
тоҷикӣ: Муш
ไทย: หนูหริ่ง
Tagalog: Bubuwit
Türkçe: Fare
українська: Миша
اردو: چوہا
vèneto: Sorzo
Tiếng Việt: Chuột nhắt
West-Vlams: Muus
ייִדיש: מויז
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Chhí
中文: 小鼠属