Mound-building Mouse
Mus spicilegus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyMuridae (Old World Mice and Rats)
- GenusMus
- SpeciesMus spicilegus (Mound-building Mouse)
The steppe mouse or mound-building mouse (Mus spicilegus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in grassland and other open areas in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Fertő-Hanság National Park
Yellow-necked Field Mouse
Apodemus flavicollis
Herb Field Mouse
Apodemus uralensis
Eurasian Harvest Mouse
Micromys minutus
Striped Field Mouse
Apodemus agrarius
European Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus citellus
Coypu
Myocastor coypus
Eurasian Beaver
Castor fiber
Eurasian Red Squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris
Bank Vole
Myodes glareolus
Black-bellied Hamster
Cricetus cricetus
Common Vole
Microtus arvalis
Tundra Vole
Microtus oeconomus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Mound-building Mouse at Fertő-Hanság National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary |