Mus musculus

Basic information
Scientific name	Mus musculus	Click to magnify
Major synonym	Mus musculus castaneus, Mus musculus domesticus
Common names	house mouse
Higher taxon	Muridae, Rodentia, Mammalia
Natural range	Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, North Pacific island/ocean. Native locality is unknown. Almost region in Japan.
Habitat	Crop field, some kind of farm area, grassland, rice field, sandy place, stream, urban area, vacancy, waterfront.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Almost region.
Origin	Unknown.
Date
Route	Accidental: Hitchhiking many kinds of transport.
Impact	Predation against native species. harmful to agriculture . Native organism(s) affected: Crops.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Worldwide.

Reference

Notes

Abe et al. (1994) A Pictorial Guide to the Mammals of Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo. (in Jpn)
Kawamichi (ed) (1996) Encyclopedia of Animals in Japan 1, Mammals 1. Heibonsha. (in Jpn)
Kaneko (2006) The Taxonomy of Japanese Muridae (Mammalia, Rodentia): From the View Point of Biogeography. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo. (in Jpn)
Wilson & Reeder (eds.) (2005) Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (http://www.press.jhu.edu).