Indiana mammals

House Mouse in Indiana

Mus musculus

Introduced to Indiana

Indiana'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 Indiana, by the numbers

Occasional in Indiana 29th most recorded of 74 mammals logged in Indiana

84 occurrence records
55 with iNaturalist photos

Records from 2000–2026.

When to look for the House Mouse in Indiana

Most sightings fall in June.

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

Monthly Indiana records (table)
MonthRecords
January3
February2
March7
April5
May5
June16
July4
August7
September13
October5
November12
December5

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

Seasonality

Year-round in Indiana, with recorded sightings peaking in June, with a smaller rise in September and November.

Occurrence map

Where House Mouse has been recorded in Indiana

84 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

84 Indiana records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial 4
Indiana Dunes National Park 3
Indianapolis Zoo 2
Rocky Hollow-Falls Canyon Nature Preserve 1
Clifty Falls State Park 1
Hovey Lake Fish And Wildlife Area 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 Indiana

CountyRecords
Marion County 10
Allen County 7
Noble County 7
Tippecanoe County 5
Pike County 5
Madison County 4
Porter County 4
Johnson County 4
Spencer County 4
Lake County 2
Elkhart County 2
St. Joseph County 2
25 other counties 28

The complete county distribution, spread across 37 Indiana counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

As an introduced commensal, Indiana house-mouse records are centered on buildings, barns, warehouses, and disturbed edges rather than natural destinations such as Indiana Dunes or Pokagon. Reports occur year-round with peaks in March, August, and November, but those dates may track indoor encounters and reporting behavior more than outdoor seasonality.

The 55 iNaturalist records document photographed mice, not house-mouse abundance. Most animals in occupied structures are never submitted, identification can be difficult, and reporting effort follows people, so the Indiana dataset is a sparse presence record rather than a population sample.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

House Mouse in other states

More mammals in Indiana 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"