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Toad mouse

Mus bufo (Thomas, 1906)

LCLeast Concernrodents

The toad mouse (Mus bufo) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 8.88 g to 9.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the toad mouse

Weight
8.88 g – 9.2 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
Not recorded
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 toad mouse live?

Not recorded

What is the toad mouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The toad mouse (Mus bufo) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and arable land.

From the Wikipedia article “Toad mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toad_mouse&oldid=1371308795), 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 toad mouse endangered?

The toad 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 toad mouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyMuridae
  6. genusMus
  7. SpeciesMus bufo (Thomas, 1906)

Synonyms Leggada bufo

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Toad pygmy mouseEnglish
  • myš ropušíCzech
  • KrötenzwergmausGerman
  • kongonhiiriFinnish
  • Souris d'AfriqueFrench
  • Souris naine crapaudFrench
  • ガマハツカネズミJapanese
  • mysz ropuszaPolish
  • Жабья мышьRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the toad 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 toad mouse?

An adult toad mouse weighs 8.88 g – 9.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the toad mouse endangered?

The toad 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 toad mouse?

The toad mouse (Mus bufo) belongs to the family Muridae in the order Rodentia.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Toad mouse (Mus bufo). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/toad-mouse

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BibTeX
@misc{toad_mouse_2026,
  title = {Toad mouse (Mus bufo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/toad-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}