Nevada mammals

House Mouse in Nevada

Mus musculus

Introduced to Nevada

Nevada'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 Nevada, by the numbers

Rare in Nevada 100th most recorded of 142 mammals logged in Nevada

112 occurrence records
13 with iNaturalist photos
Jun 30, 2026 Last seen in Nevada

Records from 2000–2026.

112 total records count every Nevada occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the monthly chart covers the 111 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the House Mouse in Nevada

Most sightings fall in March.

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

Monthly Nevada records (table)
MonthRecords
January7
February13
March25
April10
May16
June8
July10
August4
September3
October5
November10
December0

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

Seasonality

Year-round in Nevada, with recorded sightings peaking in March, with a smaller rise in May.

Occurrence map

Where House Mouse has been recorded in Nevada

112 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

112 Nevada records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Toiyabe National Forest 5
Lake Mead National Recreation 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 Nevada

CountyRecords
Washoe County 46
Lyon County 18
Churchill County 18
Clark County 11
White Pine County 5
Douglas County 4
Nye County 3
Lincoln County 3
Elko County 2
Mineral County 1
Pershing County 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 11 Nevada counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Nevada records for the house mouse are anchored by Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge and Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. They show where people have reported it, not how many animals live there.

The Nevada records stretch from southern desert country toward the state’s northern basins. They show a wider in-state footprint than the best-known southern sites alone. The monthly pattern is fairly spread out rather than confined to one Nevada season. It tracks observer records and shouldn’t be read as a population count.

The file combines 13 research-grade iNaturalist records and 109 GBIF records. Those 122 records measure documented encounters, not Nevada’s population size. It’s listed as introduced in Nevada. Nevada doesn’t specifically list it under the state’s conservation framework, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

House Mouse in other states

More mammals in Nevada 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"