What is House mouse?
{{Speciesbox | image = Mouse white background.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author1=Musser, G. |author2=Hutterer, R. |author3=Kryštufek, B. |author4=Yigit, N. |author5=Mitsainas, G. |year=2021 |title=''Mus musculus'' |amends=2016 |page=e.T13972A197519724 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13972A197519724.en |access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref> | genus = Mus | parent = Mus (Mus) | species = musculus | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = *''[[Mus musculus bactrianus]]''<ref name=Lawal1>{{cite journal |last1=Lawal |first1=R.A. |display-authors=etal |year=2022|title=Taxonomic assessment of two wild house mouse subspecies using whole-genome sequencing |journal= Scientific Reports |volume=12 |issue= 20866 |page=20866 |doi= 10.1038/s41598-022-25420-x |doi-access=free |pmid= 36460842 |pmc=9718808 |bibcode=2022NatSR..1220866L }}</ref> *''[[Mus musculus castaneus]]'' *''[[Mus musculus domesticus]]'' *''[[Mus musculus gentilulus]]'' *''[[Mus musculus musculus]]'' | range_map = Mapa Mus musculus.png | range_map_caption = House mouse range (note: distribution is incomplete) | synonyms = ''Mus abbotti'' }} [[File:Mus musculus front teeth.jpg|thumb|Notch in upper front teeth]] [[File:Mus musculus MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.236.29.jpg|thumb|''Mus musculus'']] '''House mouse''' (''Mus musculus'') is the common mouse. It is one of the [[species]] of the [[genus]] ''[[Mus]]''. Often, it is just called a [[mouse]]. It is a small [[rodent]]. In most parts of the world, they live close to humans. [[Laboratory]] mice are types of house mice and are some of the most important organisms used for research in [[biology]] and [[medicine]]. They are the most commonly used laboratory mammal for experiments. == Description == They are quite small, but are not the smallest mammals. House mice have an adult body length (nose to base of tail) of 7.5–10 cm (3.0–3.9 in) and a tail length of 5–10 cm (2.0–3