Mus (genus)

Mus
Temporal range: Late Miocene–Recent
House mouse (Mus musculus)
House mouse (Mus musculus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Subfamily:Murinae
Genus:Mus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Mus musculus[1][2]
Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera

The genus  Mus refers to a specific genus of muroid rodents, all typically called mice. However, the term mouse can also be applied to species outside of this genus.

Subgenera, species, and subspecies

Field mouse of the subgenus Mus.

The following is a list of Mus subgenera, species, and subspecies:[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hemming, Francis, ed. (1958) [1910]. "Opinion 16. The Status of Prebinomial Specific Names (Published Prior to 1758) Under Art. 30d". Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1 (B): 37.
  2. ↑ Oldfield, Thomas (1911). "The Mammals of the Tenth Edition of Linnæus; an Attempt to fix the Types of the Genera and the exact Bases and Localities of the Species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1911 (1): 146. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1911.tb06995.x.
  3. ↑ "Mus (mouse, genus)". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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