Subspecies Mus musculus domesticus Hinton, 1916
- Mus domesticus Hinton, M.A.C. (as Barrett-Hamilton, G.E.H. & Hinton, M.A.C.) 1916. A History of British Mammals. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 19 601-648 pp. 33-34 pls. [634] [recorded (as Mus musculus domesticus Rutty, 1772) from Australia by Schwartz, E. & Schwartz, H.K. 1943. The wild and commensal stocks of the House Mouse, Mus musculus Linnaeus. Journal of Mammalogy 24: 59–72 [65]; domesticus Rutty, 1772 is an unavailable name].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, 'County of Dublin', Republic of Ireland; see Rutty (1772). - Mus adelaidensis Gray, J.E. 1841. Contributions towards the geographical distribution of the Mammalia in Australia, with notes on some recently discovered species, in a letter addressed to the Author. Appendix C. pp. 397-414 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [398, 404, 410, 413].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 41.1267 (for discussion of the history of specimen BMNH 41.1267, see Mahoney, J.A. 1974. The Australian rodent specimens (Muridae) of J.E. Gray's List of the Specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum (1843). Australian Mammalogy 1: 231–242), Adelaide and its vicinity, SA; whereabouts unknown (syntypes not found in BMNH), Adelaide and its vicinity, SA. - Mus musculus nudoplicatus Gaskoin, J.S. 1856. On a peculiar variety of Mus musculus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856: 38-40 Mammalia pl. 41 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [440]] [38] [recorded from Australia by Hinton, M.A.C. (as Barrett-Hamilton, G.E.H. & Hinton, M.A.C.) 1916. A History of British Mammals. Pt XIX. London : Gurney & Jackson 601–648 pls 33–34 pp. [630]].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. - Mus simsoni Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1883. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Antechini and Muridae inhabiting Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882: 171-176 1 pl. [publication date established from Anon. 1953. Annual Report, 1952. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: ii–viii [vi]] [175].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀ (not preserved, see Lord, C.E. 1918. Notes on the mammals of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1918: 16–52 [25–26] and Lord, C.E. & Scott, H.H. 1924. A Synopsis of the Vertebrate Animals of Tasmania. Hobart : Oldham, Beddome & Meredith 340 pp. 41 pls [300]), Ringarooma, TAS.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [165]
- Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. Family Muridae. pp. 501-755 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D-A. M. (eds). Mammal species of the world: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second Edition. Washington : Smithsonian Institute 1206 pp. (also for extra-limital synonyms)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
Introduced from unknown locality.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Crop, granivore, peridomestic, subtropical, terrestrial.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2023 | 10-Dec-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |