Oklahoma mammals

House Mouse in Oklahoma

Mus musculus

Introduced to Oklahoma

Oklahoma'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 Oklahoma, by the numbers

Common in Oklahoma 38th most recorded of 120 mammals logged in Oklahoma

448 occurrence records
129 with iNaturalist photos
Apr 15, 2026 Last seen in Oklahoma

Records from 2000–2026.

448 total records count every Oklahoma occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 300; the monthly chart covers the 447 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the House Mouse in Oklahoma

Most sightings fall in October to November.

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

Monthly Oklahoma records (table)
MonthRecords
January37
February19
March13
April21
May19
June23
July60
August38
September36
October68
November75
December38

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

Seasonality

Year-round in Oklahoma, with recorded sightings peaking in October–November, with a smaller rise in July.

Occurrence map

Where House Mouse has been recorded in Oklahoma

300 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

300 Oklahoma records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
CLO Lands 21
Kaw Wildlife Management Area 5
Fobb Bottom Wildlife Management Area 2
Ouachita National Forest 1
Western Hills Guest Ranch/sequoya Sp State Resort 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 Oklahoma

CountyRecords
Cleveland County 145
Oklahoma County 49
Tulsa County 45
Marshall County 26
Muskogee County 20
McClain County 14
Pottawatomie County 11
Kay County 10
Grady County 9
Texas County 9
Jackson County 7
Grant County 7
39 other counties 96

The complete county distribution, spread across 51 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, and NatureServe’s SNA rank, not applicable, reflects that introduced species don’t receive a state conservation status. The record leans toward GBIF (358 of 487 total records), meaning trapping and specimen collection, not people spotting mice, accounts for most of what’s documented here.

November alone accounts for 25 of the year’s monthly-tallied sightings, the largest single-month share, with a secondary July peak of 21, a pattern that likely reflects the timing of concentrated trapping surveys rather than any real seasonal shift in mouse activity, since house mice breed indoors year-round regardless of outside conditions.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

House Mouse in other states

More mammals in Oklahoma 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"