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# Mice | *Mus* (Genus)
> The genus Mus or typical mice refers to a specific genus of muroid rodents, all typically called mice.[^1]
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## Taxonomy
- **[[Life (Biology)]]**
- **[[Eukaryotes|Eukaryota (Domain)]]**
- **[[Animals|Animalia (Kingdom)]]**
- [[Chordates|Chordata (Phylum)]]
- [[Mammals|Mammalia (Class)]]
- [[Therians|Theria (Subclass)]]
- [[Placentals|Eutheria (Infraclass)]]
- [[Rodents|Rodentia (Order)]]
- [[Muridae (Family)]]
- *[[Mus (Genus)]]* <small>MICE</small>
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## *Mus* (in these notes)
- [[African pygmy mouse]]
- [[House mouse]]
- *[[Mus musculus domesticus]]*
[^1]: ‘*Mus* (genus)’, *Wikipedia*, updated 22 January 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus_(genus).