Oubangui mouse
Mus oubanguii F. Petter & Genest, 1970
The oubangui mouse (Mus oubanguii) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 9.16 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the oubangui mouse
- Weight
- 9.16 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 oubangui mouse live?
Not recorded
What is the oubangui mouse?
The Oubangui mouse (Mus oubanguii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in the Central African Republic.
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
From the Wikipedia article “Oubangui mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oubangui_mouse&oldid=1371441598), 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 oubangui mouse endangered?
The oubangui 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 oubangui mouse classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusMus
- SpeciesMus oubanguii F. Petter & Genest, 1970
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Oubangui pygmy mouseEnglish
- Ubangui mouseEnglish
- Oubangui-ZwergmausGerman
- oubanguinhiiriFinnish
- Souris naine de l’OubanguiFrench
- mysz środkowoafrykańskaPolish
- Центральноафриканская мышьRussian
Relatives of the oubangui 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
CompareOubangui mouse vs House mouseOubangui mouse vs African pygmy mouseOubangui mouse vs Steppe mouseOubangui mouse vs Little Indian field mouse
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the oubangui mouse?
An adult oubangui mouse weighs 9.16 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the oubangui mouse endangered?
The oubangui 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 oubangui mouse?
The oubangui mouse (Mus oubanguii) 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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