Earth-colored mouse
Mus terricolor Blyth, 1851
The earth-colored mouse (Mus terricolor) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the earth-colored mouse
- Weight
- 9 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the earth-colored mouse live?
Not recorded
What is the earth-colored mouse?
The earth-colored mouse (Mus terricolor) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in India, possibly Indonesia, Nepal, and Pakistan. The earth-colored mouse lives in cultivated fields in raised moist mounds of Earth, where they burrow and locate their nest about 20 cm or 8 inches deep. Living in a raised mound of soil offers them more oxygen flow from air coming through the surrounding sides as well as from above. In contrast, their co-existing sibling species Mus booduga burrow in the flat parts of the field, which allows for niche differentiation.
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Is the earth-colored mouse endangered?
The earth-colored mouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the earth-colored mouse classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusMus
- SpeciesMus terricolor Blyth, 1851
Synonyms Leggada dunni, Mus beavanii
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Earth-coloured mouseEnglish
- فأر أرضي اللونArabic
- Erdfarbene MausGerman
- nepalinhiiriFinnish
- ツチイロハツカネズミJapanese
- mysz ziemistaPolish
- Бентальская мышьRussian
Relatives of the earth-colored mouse
Other species in the same genus Mus.
House mouse
Mus musculus
African pygmy mouse
Mus minutoides
Steppe mouse
Mus spicilegus
Little Indian field mouse
Mus booduga
Macedonian mouse
Mus macedonicus
Algerian mouse
Mus spretus
CompareEarth-colored mouse vs House mouseEarth-colored mouse vs African pygmy mouseEarth-colored mouse vs Steppe mouseEarth-colored mouse vs Little Indian field mouse
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the earth-colored mouse?
An adult earth-colored mouse weighs 9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the earth-colored mouse endangered?
The earth-colored mouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the earth-colored mouse?
The earth-colored mouse (Mus terricolor) belongs to the family Muridae in the order Rodentia.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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