Mus musculus

Translingual

A house mouse, Mus musculus.

Proper noun

Mus musculus m

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)

Further reading

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.