Ryukyu mouse

Weight

11.3 g – 18.7 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

4 years – 6 years

Diet

Herbivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

19.6 days

Young per litter or clutch

5.81

Age at maturity

42 days – 53.4 days

Litters or clutches a year

4.57

Active

At night (nocturnal)

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familyMuridae
6. genusMus
7. SpeciesMus caroli Bonhote, 1902

Synonyms Mus boninensis, Mus caroli boninensis, Mus caroli formosanus, Mus formosanus, Mus kurilensis, Mus ouwensi

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

House mouse

Mus musculus

Muridae

P

Pygmy mouse

Mus minutoides

MuridaeNo free photo yet

S

Steppe mouse

Mus spicilegus

MuridaeNo free photo yet

C

Common Indian field mouse

Mus booduga

MuridaeNo free photo yet

M

Macedonian mouse

Mus macedonicus

MuridaeNo free photo yet

A

Algerian mouse

Mus spretus

MuridaeNo free photo yet

CompareRyukyu mouse vs House mouseRyukyu mouse vs Pygmy mouseRyukyu mouse vs Steppe mouseRyukyu mouse vs Common Indian field mouse

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@misc{ryukyu_mouse_2026,
  title = {Ryukyu mouse (Mus caroli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ryukyu-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}