Hausa mouse

The Hausa mouse (Mus haussa) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.

Hausa mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
Species:
M. haussa
Binomial name
Mus haussa
(Thomas & Hinton, 1920)

References

  1. Granjon, L. (2016). "Mus haussa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13963A22404540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13963A22404540.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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