Alabama mammals

House Mouse in Alabama

Mus musculus

Introduced to Alabama

Alabama's Mus musculus records are of an introduced species; it does not occur here as a wild native population.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

House Mouse in Alabama, by the numbers

Occasional in Alabama 43rd most recorded of 78 mammals logged in Alabama

40 occurrence records
35 with iNaturalist photos
Jun 21, 2026 Last seen in Alabama

Records from 2000–2026.

40 total records count every Alabama occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the monthly chart covers the 39 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the House Mouse in Alabama

Most sightings fall in January to February.

39 Alabama occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Alabama records (table)
MonthRecords
January5
February7
March3
April5
May1
June2
July2
August4
September0
October1
November7
December2

Monthly house mouse occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Alabama, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Alabama, with recorded sightings peaking in January–February, with a smaller rise in November and April.

Occurrence map

Where House Mouse has been recorded in Alabama

40 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

40 Alabama records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Dauphin Island 1
Wehle Nature Center 1

Protected places with the most house mouse sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Alabama

CountyRecords
Madison County 5
Calhoun County 4
Jefferson County 4
Tuscaloosa County 3
Montgomery County 2
Lee County 2
Hale County 2
Mobile County 2
Bullock County 2
Pike County 2
DeKalb County 2
Lauderdale County 2
7 other counties 8

The complete county distribution, spread across 19 Alabama counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

House mice are introduced commensal rodents in Alabama, and NatureServe’s SNA rank, not applicable, reflects that introduced species don’t receive a state conservation status. The record leans toward iNaturalist (35) over GBIF (23), suggesting casual sightings near buildings and coastal developed areas document this species somewhat more consistently than trapping data.

Records stay thin and scattered across nine separate months with a modest February peak (4 sightings) and complete silence in January, May, and September, a pattern too erratic to reflect any real seasonal cycle for a species that breeds indoors year-round; it more likely tracks when observers happened to notice mice near structures.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

House Mouse in other states

More mammals in Alabama in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"