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Hubert's multimammate mouse

Mastomys huberti (Wroughton, 1909)

LCLeast Concernrodents

The hubert's multimammate mouse (Mastomys huberti) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 53.8 g and live up to 2.91 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the hubert's multimammate mouse

Weight
53.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
2.91 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
7.96src for Young per litter or clutch
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

Where does the hubert's multimammate mouse live?

Not recorded

What is the hubert's multimammate mouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Hubert's multimammate mouse, or Hubert's mastomys (Mastomys huberti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Burkina Faso, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, and Senegal, and possibly Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Niger.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

From the Wikipedia article “Hubert's multimammate mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hubert%27s_multimammate_mouse&oldid=1382805249), 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 hubert's multimammate mouse endangered?

The hubert's 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.

How is the hubert's multimammate mouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyMuridae
  6. genusMastomys
  7. SpeciesMastomys huberti (Wroughton, 1909)

Synonyms Mus huberti, Praomys huberti

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Hubert s MastomysEnglish
  • Hubert's MastomysEnglish
  • Hubert's MastomysEnglish
  • Hubert’s MastomysEnglish
  • Hubert’s MastomysEnglish
  • Hubert’s multimammate mouseEnglish
  • Rat multimammé de HubertFrench
  • Souris à mammelles multiples de HubertFrench
  • Souris multimammaire de HubertFrench
  • ヒューバートタチチマウスJapanese
  • myszorówka zalewowaPolish

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the hubert's multimammate mouse

Other species in the same genus Mastomys.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the hubert's multimammate mouse?

An adult hubert's multimammate mouse weighs 53.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the hubert's multimammate mouse endangered?

The hubert's multimammate mouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the hubert's multimammate mouse live?

The hubert's multimammate mouse has a recorded lifespan of 2.91 years.

What kind of animal is the hubert's multimammate mouse?

The hubert's multimammate mouse (Mastomys huberti) belongs to the family Muridae in the order Rodentia.

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Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hubert's multimammate mouse (Mastomys huberti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/huberts-multimammate-mouse

MLA

“Hubert's multimammate mouse (Mastomys huberti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/huberts-multimammate-mouse.

BibTeX
@misc{huberts_multimammate_mouse_2026,
  title = {Hubert's multimammate mouse (Mastomys huberti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/huberts-multimammate-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}