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Some facts about the
Mouse
Adult weight : 0.007 kg (0.0154 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 4 years
Female maturity :60 days
Male maturity : 77 days
Gestation : 20 days
Weaning : 21 days
Litter size : 4
Litters per year : 4
Interval between litters : 31 days
Weight at birth : 0.001 kg (0.0022 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.003 kg (0.0066 lbs)
Body mass : 0.008 kg (0.0176 lbs)
Temperature : 35.85 °C (96.53 °F)
Pygmy mouse
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Mus minutoides
The Pygmy mouse is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the pygmy mouse
A young / baby of a pygmy mouse is called a 'pinkie, kitten or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A pygmy mouse group is called a 'nest, colony, harvest, horde or mischief'.Countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and ZimbabweHabitats
Arable Land, Artificial / Aquatic & Marine, Artificial / Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Artificial / Terrestrial, Dry savanna, Forest, Grassland, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation, Moist savanna, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Savanna, Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry forest, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Grassland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical High Altitude Grassland, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Montane, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Shrubland and Urban Areas
Facts about the pygmy mouse
Abstract Of the four spontaneous mouse mutations resulting in impaired growth, the pygmy mouse is extraordinary because it has no aberrations in pathways involving growth hormone or insulin-like growth factors.
African Pygmy Mice The African Pygmy Mouse is the smaller cousin of the common pet mouse it is also the smallest member of the MUS Family.
African Pygmy Mouse African Pygmy Mouse Scientific classification Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Class:Mammalia Order:Rodentia Family:Muridae Subfamily:Murinae Genus:Mus Species:minutoides Species Mus minutoides The African Pygmy Mouse, (Mus minutoides) is possibly the smallest of all rodents and one of the smallest mammals.
Mus minutoides The African Pygmy Mouse, (Mus minutoides) is possibly the smallest of all rodents and one of the smallest mammals.
The African Pygmy Mouse is the smaller cousin of the common pet mouse.
The minimum size cage for a pygmy mouse is a 5 gallon aquarium.
The African Pygmy Mouse, (Mus minutoides) is possibly the smallest of all rodents and one of the smallest mammals. (Full text)
The pygmy mouse is one of the smallest of all rodents and typically weighs about 10 grams. (Full text)
Mutation of a transcription factor has been associated with the limb disorder hypodactyly (Jeffrey Innis, UMAA), and the cell growth and proliferation defect in the pygmy mouse is associated with mutations of the high-mobility-group protein HMGIC (Kiran Chada, UMDNJ). (Full text)
The Northern Pygmy Mouse is from the order Rodentia. (Full text)
1. Mus, genus Mus -- (type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; upper incisors have a square-notched tip)Mus
genus Mus
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