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title: "Tiny Pygmy Mouse"
description: "Mus minutoides — Mammals. The African pygmy mouse (Mus minutoides) is one of the smallest rodents."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/tiny-pygmy-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Tiny Pygmy Mouse

> Mus minutoides — Mammals. The African pygmy mouse (Mus minutoides) is one of the smallest rodents.

- Scientific name: *Mus minutoides*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Zoo & pets)
- iNaturalist observations: 393
- Wikidata: [Q386974](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386974)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44716](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44716)

## Names

- en: Tiny Pygmy Mouse
- de: Afrikanische Zwergmaus
- fr: Souris naine d’Afrique australe
- nl: Afrikaanse dwergmuis
- pl: Mysz karłowata

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (143), MZ (12), BW (7), NA (6), ZW (5), KE (4), TZ (3)

## Summary

The African pygmy mouse (Mus minutoides) is one of the smallest rodents. It is widespread within sub-Saharan Africa, and is kept as a pet in other parts of the world. Like the common and widely introduced European house mouse, it is a member of the enormous superfamily Muroidea, which includes over 1000 different species. It forms a super- species complex with Mus musculoides.
Grey to brick-red overall, it is pale on the underside and has small but prominent triangular ears. Adult body length averages 50 mm (2.0 in) long, with a 40 mm (1.6 in) tail. Average adults body weight is 5 g (0.18 oz).
The African pygmy mouse…

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

## Photo

![Tiny Pygmy Mouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tiny-pygmy-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127265314

## Machine access

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