Mus musculus domesticus | |
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A female C57BL/6 laboratory mouse, which is domesticated from Mus musculus domesticus.[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Mus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | M. m. domesticus
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Trinomial name | |
Mus musculus domesticus Schwarz and Schwarz, 1943
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Mus musculus domesticus, the Western European house mouse, is a subspecies of the house mouse (Mus musculus). Some laboratory mouse strains, such as C57BL/6, are domesticated from M. m. domesticus.[1]