South Dakota mammals

House Mouse in South Dakota

Mus musculus

Introduced to South Dakota

South Dakota'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 South Dakota, by the numbers

Rare in South Dakota 77th most recorded of 100 mammals logged in South Dakota

31 occurrence records
3 with iNaturalist photos
Nov 27, 2025 Last seen in South Dakota

Records from 2000–2026.

When to look for the House Mouse in South Dakota

Most sightings fall in August.

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

Monthly South Dakota records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March0
April0
May1
June10
July5
August12
September1
October0
November2
December0

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

Seasonality

Year-round in South Dakota, with recorded sightings peaking in August, with a smaller rise in June.

Occurrence map

Where House Mouse has been recorded in South Dakota

31 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

31 South Dakota records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Wind Cave National Park 2
Lake Vermillion Recreation Area 1
Weiger Slough 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 South Dakota

CountyRecords
Jackson County 10
Lawrence County 3
Moody County 2
Lincoln County 2
Custer County 2
Fall River County 2
Hughes County 1
Davison County 1
Douglas County 1
McCook County 1
Hutchinson County 1
Meade County 1
4 other counties 4

The complete county distribution, spread across 16 South Dakota 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 South Dakota, and NatureServe’s SNA rank, not applicable, reflects that introduced species don’t receive a state conservation status. The record here is heavily GBIF-weighted, 31 records against just 3 from iNaturalist, more than ten to one, suggesting structured survey or trapping data, not casual sightings near buildings, drives most of what’s documented about this species in the state.

The small handful of casually observed records scatter across four months with a modest November peak (2 sightings), too sparse a pattern to describe any real seasonal trend in a dataset this thin.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

House Mouse in other states

More mammals in South Dakota 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"