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Hausa mouse

Mus haussa (Thomas & Hinton, 1920)

LCLeast Concernrodents

The hausa mouse (Mus haussa) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 9.18 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the hausa mouse

Weight
9.18 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 hausa mouse live?

Not recorded

What is the hausa mouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Hausa mouse (Mus haussa) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.

From the Wikipedia article “Hausa mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hausa_mouse&oldid=1371316789), 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 hausa mouse endangered?

The hausa 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.

How is the hausa mouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyMuridae
  6. genusMus
  7. SpeciesMus haussa (Thomas & Hinton, 1920)

Synonyms Leggada haussa

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Hausa pygmy mouseEnglish
  • Hausa-ZwergmausGerman
  • hausahiiriFinnish
  • Souris naine HaoussaFrench
  • ハウサハツカネズミJapanese
  • mysz sahelskaPolish
  • Сенегальская мышьRussian

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Relatives of the hausa mouse

Other species in the same genus Mus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the hausa mouse?

An adult hausa mouse weighs 9.18 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the hausa mouse endangered?

The hausa 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 hausa mouse?

The hausa mouse (Mus haussa) 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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BibTeX
@misc{hausa_mouse_2026,
  title = {Hausa mouse (Mus haussa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hausa-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}