The Algerian mouse (Mus spretus), also known as the western Mediterranean mouse, is a wild species of mouse closely related to the house mouse, native to open habitats around the western Mediterranean.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Algerian Mouse being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Reithrodontomys megalotis
- Mus musculus
- Mus minutoides
- Apodemus uralensis
- Apodemus sylvaticus
- Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Mus
- Species
- Mus spretus
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