Mus musculus (Mouse, House mouse, MOUSE) | BCH-ORGA-SCBD-45740 | Organism | Biosafety Clearing-House

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Organism (ORGA)

published: 08 Jul 2008 last updated: 30 Jul 2015
Organism information
Mus musculus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Mus
Species Mus musculus
  • Mouse
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  • House mouse
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  • MOUSE
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Mammals
Domesticated
Characteristics related to biosafety
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House mice generally live in close association with humans-- in houses, barns, granaries, etc. They also occupy cultivated fields, fencerows, and even wooded areas, but they seldom stray far from buildings.
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Mus musculus may have originally been distributed from the Mediterranean region to China, but it has now been spread throughout the world by humans and lives as a human commensal.
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  • Research
Additional Information
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