---
title: "Rato-doméstico"
description: "Mus musculus — Mamíferos. The house mouse is a small mammal of the rodent family Muridae, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/house-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rato-doméstico

> Mus musculus — Mamíferos. The house mouse is a small mammal of the rodent family Muridae, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail.

- Scientific name: *Mus musculus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins), `farm` (Quinta), `zoo` (Zoo e animais de estimação)
- iNaturalist observations: 21340
- Wikidata: [Q83310](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83310)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44705](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44705)

## Names

- en: House Mouse
- de: Hausmaus
- es: Ratón casero eurasiático
- fr: Souris grise
- it: Topo domestico
- nl: Huismuis
- pt: Rato-doméstico
- pl: Mysz domowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (3629), NZ (1666), AU (934), CA (714), GB (462), RU (357), MX (319), FR (290), ES (186), IT (169), DE (153), NL (149)

## Summary

The house mouse is a small mammal of the rodent family Muridae, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail. It is one of the most abundant species of the genus Mus. Although a wild animal, the house mouse has benefited significantly from associating with human habitation to the point that truly wild population are significantly less common than the synanthropic populations near human activity.

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

## Photo

![Rato-doméstico](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/house-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9267037

## Machine access

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