New Hampshire mammals

House Mouse in New Hampshire

Mus musculus

Introduced to New Hampshire

New Hampshire'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 New Hampshire, by the numbers

Rare in New Hampshire 54th most recorded of 76 mammals logged in New Hampshire

22 occurrence records
3 with iNaturalist photos
Nov 28, 2024 Last seen in New Hampshire

Records from 2000–2026.

22 total records count every New Hampshire occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the monthly chart covers the 16 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the House Mouse in New Hampshire

Most sightings fall in July.

16 New Hampshire occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence. Based on a small number of dated records; the seasonal pattern may not be representative.

Monthly New Hampshire records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March2
April0
May0
June0
July7
August0
September0
October3
November1
December3

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

Seasonality

Year-round in New Hampshire, with recorded sightings peaking in July.

Occurrence map

Where House Mouse has been recorded in New Hampshire

22 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

22 New Hampshire records mapped

Where it's recorded in New Hampshire

CountyRecords
Grafton County 7
Coos County 5
Merrimack County 3
Hillsborough County 3
Strafford County 2
Rockingham County 1
Carroll County 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 7 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, and NatureServe’s SNA rank, not applicable, reflects that introduced species don’t receive a state conservation status. Nearly all of the 22 records here, 21 of 22, come from GBIF rather than casual photographs, meaning trapping and specimen collection, not people spotting mice, accounts for almost everything documented about this species in the state.

Records are erratic rather than seasonal, a single sharp spike of 7 in July against near-total silence the rest of the year, a pattern that likely reflects one or two concentrated trapping efforts rather than any real summer surge in mouse activity, since house mice breed indoors year-round regardless of outside season.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

House Mouse in other states

More mammals in New Hampshire 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