Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse
Field guide
mammal ·

Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse

Mus musculoides

Overview

Mikumi National Park, Mkomazi National Park and Serengeti National Park are among the nine atlas places where the Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse is recorded. Records of this mammal concentrate most heavily in Rwanda, Congo - Kinshasa, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. In total, the atlas contains 1,124 open records of Mus musculoides spanning 13 countries.

Because these records occur across both the northern and southern hemispheres, seasons differ by region and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
1,124
Countries
13
Atlas places
9
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Rwanda
    25 km zone · high confidence · 348 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Congo - Kinshasa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 346 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 214 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 69 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 40 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Togo
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 33 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Cameroon
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 17 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Gabon
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 17 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Sierra Leone
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 16 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Ghana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 12 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
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