THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Muridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopian Striped MouseMuriculus imberbis (Rüppell, 1842) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumatran Shrewlike MouseMus (Coelomys) crociduroides (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mayor's MouseMus (Coelomys) mayori (Thomas, 1915) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indochinese Shrewlike MouseMus (Coelomys) pahari Thomas, 1916 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan Shrew-like MouseMus (Coelomys) vulcani (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Indian Field MouseMus (Mus) booduga (Gray, 1837) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ryukyu MouseMus (Mus) caroli Bonhote, 1902 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fawn-colored MouseMus (Mus) cervicolor Hodgson, 1845 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cook's MouseMus (Mus) cookii Ryley, 1914 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Servant MouseMus (Mus) famulus Bonhote, 1898 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sheath-Tailed MouseMus (Mus) fragilicauda Auffray, Orth, Catalan, Gonzalez, Desmarais & Bonhomme, 2003 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Macedonian MouseMus (Mus) macedonicus Petrov & Ruzic, 1983 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| House MouseMus (Mus) musculus Linnaeus, 1758 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mus (Mus) nitidulus Blyth, 1859 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mound-building MouseMus (Mus) spicilegus Petényi, 1882 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Mediterranean MouseMus (Mus) spretus Lataste, 1883 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Earth-Colored mouseMus (Mus) terricolor Blyth, 1851 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Baoule's MouseMus (Nannomys) baoulei (Vermeiren & Verheyen, 1980) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Toad MouseMus (Nannomys) bufo (Thomas, 1906) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Callewaert's MouseMus (Nannomys) callewaerti (Thomas, 1925) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gounda MouseMus (Nannomys) goundae F. Petter & Genest, 1970 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hausa MouseMus (Nannomys) haussa (Thomas & Hinton, 1920) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desert Pygmy MouseMus (Nannomys) indutus (Thomas, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mahomet MouseMus (Nannomys) mahomet Rhoads, 1896 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Matthey's MouseMus (Nannomys) mattheyi F. Petter, 1969 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern African Pygmy MouseMus (Nannomys) minutoides A. Smith, 1834 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Subsaharan Pygmy MouseMus (Nannomys) musculoides Temminck, 1853 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Neave's MouseMus (Nannomys) neavei (Thomas, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange MouseMus (Nannomys) orangiae (Roberts, 1926) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oubangui MouseMus (Nannomys) oubanguii F. Petter & Genest, 1970 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peters's MouseMus (Nannomys) setulosus Peters, 1876 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Setzer's MouseMus (Nannomys) setzeri F. Petter, 1978 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's MouseMus (Nannomys) sorella (Thomas, 1909) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Delicate MouseMus (Nannomys) tenellus (Thomas, 1903) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-bellied MouseMus (Nannomys) triton (Thomas, 1909) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ceylon Spiny MouseMus (Pyromys) fernandoni (Phillips, 1932) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Phillips's MouseMus (Pyromys) phillipsi Wroughton, 1912 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flat-haired MouseMus (Pyromys) platythrix Bennett, 1832 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saxicolous MouseMus (Pyromys) saxicola Elliot, 1839 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shortridge's MouseMus (Pyromys) shortridgei (Thomas, 1914) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Musseromys gulantang Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz & Jansa, 2009 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Musseromys inopinatus Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz & Jansa, 2014 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common MylomysMylomys dybowskii (Pousargues, 1893) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ethiopian MylomysMylomys rex (Thomas, 1906) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan MyomyscusMyomyscus angolensis (Bocage, 1890) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brockman's MyomyscusMyomyscus brockmani (Thomas, 1908) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Verreaux's White-footed RatMyomyscus verreauxii (A. Smith, 1834) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yemen White-footed RatMyomyscus yemeni (Sanborn & Hoogstraal, 1953) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock Karroo RatMyotomys sloggetti (Thomas, 1902) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bush Karroo RatMyotomys unisulcatus (F. Cuvier, 1829) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.