Guinea multimammate mouse

Weight

53.8 g – 56.2 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

3.49 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

4.08 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

21.2 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

7.96src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

3.72 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

3.56src for Litters or clutches a year

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

Not recorded

The guinea multimammate mouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familyMuridae
6. genusMastomys
7. SpeciesMastomys erythroleucus (Temminck, 1853)

Synonyms Epimys gambianus, Mus calopus, Mus erythroleucus, Mus peregrinus, Praomys erythroleucus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Natal multimammate mouse

Mastomys natalensis

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Southern multimammate mouse

Mastomys coucha

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

S

Shortridge's multimammate mouse

Mastomys shortridgei

MuridaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

V

Verheyen's multimammate mouse

Mastomys kollmannspergeri

MuridaeNo free photo yet

DD, Data Deficient

D

Dwarf multimammate mouse

Mastomys pernanus

MuridaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

A

Awash multimammate mouse

Mastomys awashensis

MuridaeNo free photo yet

CompareGuinea multimammate mouse vs Natal multimammate mouseGuinea multimammate mouse vs Southern multimammate mouseGuinea multimammate mouse vs Shortridge's multimammate mouseGuinea multimammate mouse vs Verheyen's multimammate mouse

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@misc{guinea_multimammate_mouse_2026,
  title = {Guinea multimammate mouse (Mastomys erythroleucus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/guinea-multimammate-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}