Mus domesticus Rutty, 1772

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 504-560 : 532

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Mus domesticus Rutty, 1772 View in CoL . Essay Nat. Hist. Co. Dublin, 1:281.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ireland, Dublin .

DISTRIBUTION: Europe, W. and S. of Elbe River; N. Africa; east through deserts of Iran and Pakistan to Himalayas. Introduced to the British Isles, Americas, and Australia.

COMMENT: Includes bactrianus, brevirostris, homourus, and praetextus; see Marshall and Sage, 1981, Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond., 47:19-20, who considered domesticus distinct from musculus .