---
title: "Mound-building Mouse"
description: "Mus spicilegus — Mammals. The steppe mouse or mound-building mouse (Mus spicilegus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mound-building-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mound-building Mouse

> Mus spicilegus — Mammals. The steppe mouse or mound-building mouse  (Mus spicilegus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

- Scientific name: *Mus spicilegus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 398
- Wikidata: [Q962616](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962616)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44702](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44702)

## Names

- en: Mound-building Mouse
- de: Ährenmaus
- es: Ratón de las estepas
- fr: Souris Des Steppes
- nl: Steppemuis
- pl: Mysz południowa

## Countries with the most observations

UA (124), AT (52), HU (25), RU (17), RS (3)

## Summary

The steppe mouse or mound-building mouse  (Mus spicilegus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in grassland and other open areas in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppe_mouse

## Photo

![Mound-building Mouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mound-building-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Svitlana Kyiak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206016252

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mound-building-mouse?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).