''Mus'' is a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
of the rodent genus ''
Mus''.
Species
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Little Indian field mouse, ''Mus booduga'' (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, southern Nepal, central Myanmar)
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Ryukyu mouse
The Ryukyu mouse ('Mus caroli'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the So ...
, ''Mus caroli'' (Ryukyu islands, Taiwan and southern China to Thailand; introduced in Malaysia and western Indonesia)
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Fawn-colored mouse
The fawn-colored mouse (''Mus cervicolor'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Cambodia, India, and possibly Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), offici ...
, ''Mus cervicolor'' (Northern India to Vietnam; introduced to Sumatra and Java)
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Cook's mouse, ''Mus cookii'' (Southern and northeastern India and Nepal to Vietnam)
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Cypriot mouse
The Cypriot mouse (''Mus cypriacus'') is a species of mouse endemic to Cyprus. Its primary habitat seems to be the vineyards and fields of the Troödos Mountains region.
The mouse was recognized as a new species in 2004 by Thomas Cucchi, a re ...
, ''Mus cypriacus'' (Cyprus)
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Servant mouse
The servant mouse (''Mus famulus'') or Bonhote's mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in the Western Ghats of South India, where it is restricted to Eravikulam National Park, Avalanche, Kalapatti, and Coonoor.
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, ''Mus famulus'' (Southwestern India)
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Sheath-tailed mouse, ''Mus fragilicauda'' (Thailand and Laos)
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Macedonian mouse
The Macedonian mouse (''Mus macedonicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae and order Rodentia. This rodent lives in the area from eastern Georgia and western Bulgaria to Israel. It is considered part of a Paleoarctic group along wit ...
, ''Mus macedonicus'' (Balkans to Israel and Iran)
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House mouse
The house mouse (''Mus musculus'') is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail. It is one of the most abundant species of the genus '' Mus''. Althoug ...
, ''Mus musculus'' (introduced worldwide)
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Mus nitidulus
''Mus nitidulus'' is a medium-sized rodent of the genus ''Mus'' that appears in central Myanmar.
Origins
The name of the species dates back to 1859, but this is an uncertain figure because of the uncertainty that ''Mus nitidulus'' was indeed a ...
'' (Central Myanmar)
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Steppe mouse
The steppe mouse or mound-building mouse (''Mus spicilegus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in grassland and other open areas in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, North Maced ...
, ''Mus spicilegus'' (Austria to southern Ukraine and Greece)
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Algerian mouse
The Algerian mouse (''Mus spretus''), also known as the western Mediterranean mouse, is a wild species of mouse closely related to the house mouse, native to open habitats around the western Mediterranean.
Description
The Algerian mouse close ...
, ''Mus spretus'' (Southern France, Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands, Morocco to Tunisia)
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Earth-colored mouse, ''Mus terricolor'' (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan; introduced to Sumatra)
Phylogeny
The following phylogeny of ''Mus'' is from Barbara Lundrigan and colleagues' 2002 paper in ''
Systematic Biology
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...
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References
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Animal subgenera
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