Gounda mouse
Mus goundae F. Petter & Genest, 1970
The gounda mouse (Mus goundae) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 8.96 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the gounda mouse
- Weight
- 8.96 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
- Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the gounda mouse live?
Not recorded
What is the gounda mouse?
The Gounda mouse (Mus goundae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Central African Republic, around the Gounda River.
Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
From the Wikipedia article “Gounda mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gounda_mouse&oldid=1371313541), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the gounda mouse endangered?
The gounda mouse is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species. What the categories mean.
How is the gounda mouse classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusMus
- SpeciesMus goundae F. Petter & Genest, 1970
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Gounda river pygmy mouseEnglish
- Gounda-ZwergmausGerman
- goundanhiiriFinnish
- Souris naine de la GoundaFrench
- グンディハツカネズミJapanese
- mysz nadrzecznaPolish
- Гоундская мышьRussian
Relatives of the gounda 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
CompareGounda mouse vs House mouseGounda mouse vs African pygmy mouseGounda mouse vs Steppe mouseGounda mouse vs Little Indian field mouse
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the gounda mouse?
An adult gounda mouse weighs 8.96 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the gounda mouse endangered?
The gounda mouse is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
What kind of animal is the gounda mouse?
The gounda mouse (Mus goundae) 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
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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