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Servant mouse

Mus famulus Bonhote, 1898

ENEndangeredrodents

The servant mouse (Mus famulus) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 22.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

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Quick facts about the servant mouse

Weight
22.9 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
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the servant mouse live?

Not recorded

What is the servant mouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The servant mouse (Mus famulus) or Bonhote's mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only in the Western Ghats of South India, where it is restricted to Eravikulam National Park, Avalanche, Kalapatti, and Coonoor.

From the Wikipedia article “Servant mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Servant_mouse&oldid=1371328123), 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 servant mouse endangered?

The servant mouse is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the servant mouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyMuridae
  6. genusMus
  7. SpeciesMus famulus Bonhote, 1898
Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Bonhote’s mouseEnglish
  • Bonhote’s mouseEnglish
  • فأر خادمArabic
  • Südindische MausGerman
  • nilgirinhiiriFinnish
  • テジナハツカネズミJapanese
  • mysz tamilskaPolish
  • Нилгирийская мышьRussian

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Relatives of the servant mouse

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Common questions

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How big is the servant mouse?

An adult servant mouse weighs 22.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the servant mouse endangered?

The servant mouse is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the servant mouse?

The servant mouse (Mus famulus) 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{servant_mouse_2026,
  title = {Servant mouse (Mus famulus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/servant-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}