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Peters's mouse

Mus setulosus Peters, 1876

LCLeast Concernrodents

The peters's mouse (Mus setulosus) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 9.4 g to 11.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the peters's mouse

Weight
9.4 g – 11.2 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
3.92src for Young per litter or clutch
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 peters's mouse live?

Not recorded

What is the peters's mouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Peters's mouse (Mus setulosus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

From the Wikipedia article “Peters's mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peters%27s_mouse&oldid=1371313724), 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 peters's mouse endangered?

The peters's 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 peters's mouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyMuridae
  6. genusMus
  7. SpeciesMus setulosus Peters, 1876

Synonyms Mus pasha, Mus procondon, Mus proconodon

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Peter's mouseEnglish
  • Peter's mouseEnglish
  • Peter's pygmy mouseEnglish
  • Peters s mouseEnglish
  • Peters’s mouseEnglish
  • Peters-ZwergmausGerman
  • kameruninhiiriFinnish
  • Souris naine de PetersFrench
  • アラゲハツカネズミJapanese
  • mysz płochliwaPolish
  • Мышь ПетераRussian

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Relatives of the peters's 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 peters's mouse?

An adult peters's mouse weighs 9.4 g – 11.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the peters's mouse endangered?

The peters's 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 peters's mouse?

The peters's mouse (Mus setulosus) belongs to the family Muridae in the order Rodentia.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Peters's mouse (Mus setulosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/peterss-mouse

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BibTeX
@misc{peterss_mouse_2026,
  title = {Peters's mouse (Mus setulosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/peterss-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}