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The Hausa mouse (Mus haussa) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.

References

Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)

Melasmothrix
division

Melasmothrix	Sulawesian shrew rat (M. naso)
Tateomys (Greater Sulawesian shrew rats)	Long-tailed shrew rat (T. macrocercus) Tate's shrew rat (T. rhinogradoides)

Micromys
division

Chiropodomys (Pencil-tailed tree mice)	Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. calamianensis) Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. gliroides) Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. karlkoopmani) Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. major) Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. muroides) Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. pusillus)
Haeromys (Pygmy tree mice)	Ranee mouse (H. margarettae) Minahassa ranee mouse (H. minahassae) Lesser ranee mouse (H. pusillus)
Hapalomys (Marmoset rats)	Delacour's marmoset rat (H. delacouri) Marmoset rat (H. longicaudatus)
Micromys	Indochinese harvest mouse (M. erythrotis) Eurasian harvest mouse (M. minutus)
Vandeleuria (Long-tailed climbing mice)	Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (V. nilagirica) Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (V. nolthenii) Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (V. oleracea)
Vernaya	Red climbing mouse (V. fulva)

Millardia
division

Cremnomys	Cutch rat (C. cutchicus) Elvira rat (C. elvira)
Diomys	Crump's mouse (D. crumpi)
Madromys	Blanford's rat (M. blanfordi)
Millardia (Asian soft-furred rats)	Sand-colored soft-furred rat (M. gleadowi) Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat (M. kathleenae) Kondana soft-furred rat (M. kondana) Soft-furred rat (M. meltada)

Mus division

Muriculus

Mus
(Typical mice)

Subgenus Coelomys: Sumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides)
Mayor's mouse (M. mayori) Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari) Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)
M. lepidoides group: M. lepidoides
Subgenus Mus: Little Indian field mouse (M. booduga) Ryukyu mouse (M. caroli) Fawn-colored mouse (M. cervicolor) Cook's mouse (M. cookii) Cypriot mouse (M. cypriacus) Servant mouse (M. famulus) Sheath-tailed mouse (M. fragilicauda) Macedonian mouse (M. macedonicus) House mouse (M. musculus) Mus nitidulus Steppe mouse (M. spicilegus) Algerian mouse (M. spretus) Earth-colored mouse (M. terricolor)
Subgenus Nannomys: Baoule's mouse (M. baoulei) Toad mouse (M. bufo) Callewaert's mouse (M. callewaerti) Gounda mouse (M. goundae) Hausa mouse (M. haussa) Desert pygmy mouse (M. indutus) Mahomet mouse (M. mahomet) Matthey's mouse (M. mattheyi) African pygmy mouse (M. minutoides) Temminck's mouse (M. musculoides) Neave's mouse (M. neavei) Free State pygmy mouse (M. orangiae) Oubangui mouse (M. oubanguii) Peters's mouse (M. setulosus) Setzer's pygmy mouse (M. setzeri) Thomas's pygmy mouse (M. sorella) Delicate mouse (M. tenellus) Gray-bellied pygmy mouse (M. triton)
Subgenus Pyromys: Ceylon spiny mouse (M. fernandoni) Phillips's mouse (M. phillipsi) Flat-haired mouse (M. platythrix) Rock-loving mouse (M. saxicola) Shortridge's mouse (M. shortridgei)

See also: Aethomys–Chrotomys; Colomys–Golunda; Hadromys–Maxomys; Oenomys–Pithecheir; Pogonomys–Pseudomys; Rattus; Stenocephalomys–Xeromys; Otomys; Others

Taxon identifiers
Mus haussa	Wikidata: Q406849 EoL: 1179234 GBIF: 2438781 iNaturalist: 44706 IRMNG: 10225676 ITIS: 585386 IUCN: 13963 MDD: 1003362 MSW: 13001554 NCBI: 273922 Observation.org: 85175 Open Tree of Life: 1000702

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