Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758
(House Mouse, Fancy Mouse)

Interactions where Mus musculus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitised by Restricted Eimeria falciformis a sporozoan Sporozoa The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
/Protozoa/Sporozoa/Eimeria falciformis/Eimeria falciformisa sporozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Mus musculus/Mus musculushouse mouse, fancy mouseSole endoparasitises
body body has blood sucked by Major Nosopsyllus fasciatus Rat Flea, A Rat Flea Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Siphonaptera/Ceratophyllidae/Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus/Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatusrat flea, a rat flea Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Mus musculus/Mus musculushouse mouse, fancy mousebodyMajor sucks the blood of body
intestine intestine is endoparasitised by tapeworm UK/Ireland Hymenolepis nana Dwarf Tapeworm Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Cyclophyllidea/Hymenolepididae/Hymenolepis nana/Hymenolepis nanadwarf tapewormtapeworm Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Mus musculus/Mus musculushouse mouse, fancy mouseintestine tapeworm endoparasitises intestine

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.

Mus musculus (House Mouse, Fancy Mouse) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Variety 6 trophisms
Subspecies 3 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMus musculus (House Mouse, Fancy Mouse)
FamilyMURIDAE (mice and rats, small mouse)
OrderRODENTIA (rodents)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mus musculus (House Mouse, Fancy Mouse)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Flowerdew, J. 1984 Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice 24pp, The Mammal Society
National Mouse Club Mouse Breeds www.thenationalmouseclub.co.uk/breeds.php
Sterry, P. 2004 House-mouse Vol 16, No 2 Page: 121

Mus musculus (House Mouse, Fancy Mouse) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mus musculus (House Mouse, Fancy Mouse):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Mus musculus (House Mouse, Fancy Mouse)
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