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HouseMouse🐭

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SpeciesRodentiaMuridae
Mammals

🐭House mouse

Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758

생쥐(영어: Mouse)는 설치류 쥐속에 속하는 동물로, 지구 상에서 인간 다음으로 가장 수가 많은 포유동물로 여겨진다. 인간과 가까이서 생활하며, 극지를 제외한 세계 대부분의 지역에 분포한다. 성체의 경우 몸길이 7.5~10 cm, 꼬리길이 5~10 cm까지 자란다. 체중은 대개 10~25 g이다. 털빛은 밝은 갈색에서 검은색을 띠며, 복부는 흰 편이다. 실험용 쥐의 경우에는 다양한 빛깔을 띠며, 백화현상(알비노)가 나타난 흰쥐도 흔히 사용된다. 몸집이 작은 생쥐를 더욱 작게 개량하여 애완동물로 만들어 낸 품종도 많다. 대표적으로 팬더마우스(햄스터가 아님)와 포인터 마우스가 있다. 생쥐를 개량한 실험용 쥐는 생물학이나 의학에서 중요하게 연구되고 있다. 2002년 12월에는 생쥐 게놈 프로젝트가 완료되기도 하였다.

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Measurements
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vs you
≈ 1/3,030th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.02 kg
Body length
0.1 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
6 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the House mouse

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.02 kg
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  • 0.02 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length
0.1 m
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Brain mass
0.44 g
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Maximum lifespan
6 years
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  • 4 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length
1.72 years
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Age at maturity
65 days
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Gestation
20 days
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  • 19 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size
about 6
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Trophic level
Omnivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Home range
0 km²
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Population density
7,207 per km²
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Volume l
0 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for House mouse yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusMus
  7. ›speciesMus musculus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderRodents · Rodentia
  3. suborderMyomorpha
  4. familyMuridae
All 13 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. orderRodents · Rodentia
  12. suborderMyomorpha
  13. familyMuridae
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Closest relative on this site
🐭 European water vole — last shared an ancestor ≈ 48 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants60%
insects and other invertebrates20%
seeds and grain20%
In other languages
Hausmaus (de), ev faresi (tr), Ποντικός (el), ratón doméstico (es), kotihiiri (fi), souris domestique (fr) … and 27 more languages

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