#0181 · 🦊 mammals
Algerian Mouse
🇳🇱 Algerijnse Muis ·Mus spretus
📍 Oeiras, Portugal
📍 Coimbra, Portugal
📍 14100 La Carlota, Córdoba, Spain
📍 45300 Ocaña, Toledo, España
📍 União das freguesias de Nossa Senhora da Tourega e Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, Nossa Senhora da Tourega, Alentejo, PT
📍 Ávila, España
📍 Grândola, Portugal
📍 8600 Barão de São João, Portugal
📍 Guadalajara, España
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Álvaro Alemany · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. Oeiras, Portugal:© Pedro Beja · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Coimbra, Portugal:© Pedro Antunes da Costa · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 14100 La Carlota, Córdoba, Spain:© Goro Saber Animal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 45300 Ocaña, Toledo, España:© Alejandro · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. União das freguesias de Nossa Senhora da Tourega e Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, Nossa Senhora da Tourega, Alentejo, PT:© ricardopita · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Ávila, España:© enrique_lopezsanchez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Grândola, Portugal:© Flávio Oliveira · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 8600 Barão de São João, Portugal:© Alain Roujas · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Guadalajara, España:© Mayte Samblas · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Algerian mouse , or western Mediterranean mouse , ( Mus spretus ) is a wild species of mouse closely related to the house mouse, native to open habitats around the western Mediterranean.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 251 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Algerian Mouse
- Nederlands
- Algerijnse Muis
- scientific name
- Mus spretus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Muridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 101
- sightings worldwide
- 251
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Muridae
#0013 📷 9Brown Rat
🇳🇱 Bruine Rat
Rattus norvegicus
LC 👀 303 in NL
#0018 📷 9European Wood Mouse
🇳🇱 Gewone bosmuis
Apodemus sylvaticus
LC 👀 156 in NL
#0019 📷 8House Mouse
🇳🇱 Huismuis
Mus musculus
LC 👀 151 in NL
#0031 📷 10Eurasian Harvest Mouse
🇳🇱 Dwergmuis
Micromys minutus
LC 👀 29 in NL
#0059 📷 10Yellow-necked Field Mouse
🇳🇱 Grote bosmuis
Apodemus flavicollis
LC 👀 3 in NL
#0087 📷 9Black Rat
🇳🇱 Zwarte Rat
Rattus rattus
LC 🌍 18.7k seen
#0106 📷 10Striped Field Mouse
🇳🇱 Brandmuis
Apodemus agrarius
LC 🌍 5.3k seen
#0410 📷 10Rakali
🇳🇱 Australische Beverrat
Hydromys chrysogaster
LC 🌍 2.9k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 44688, Wikidata Q508534, GBIF 2438793, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.
