Mus musculus

Translingual

Proper noun

Mus musculus m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Muridae – house mouse.

Hypernyms

• (species): Rodentia – order; Myomorpha – suborder; Muroidea – superfamily; Muridae – family; Murinae – subfamily; Mus – genus; Mus (Mus) – subgenus

Hyponyms

• (species): Mus musculus castaneus (southern and southeastern Asia), Mus musculus domesticus (western Europe, southwestern Asia, Americas, Africa, and Oceania), Mus musculus musculus (eastern Europe and northern Asia), Mus musculus bactrianus (central Asia), Mus musculus gentilulus (Arabian peninsula, Madagascar) – subspecies

Further reading

• Mus musculus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mus musculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Mus musculus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia