# Earth-colored mouse

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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Earth-colored mouse
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Aplin, K. | title=''Mus terricolor''| volume= 2008| year = 2008 | article-number =  e.T13987A4379161|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13987A4379161.en}}</ref>
| genus = Mus
| species = terricolor
| authority = [Blyth](/source/Edward_Blyth), 1851
| synonyms = ''Mus dunni''
}}

The '''earth-colored mouse''' ('''''Mus terricolor''''') is a species of [rodent](/source/rodent) in the family [Muridae](/source/Muridae).
It is found in [India](/source/India), possibly [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia), [Nepal](/source/Nepal), and [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan).  The earth-colored mouse lives in cultivated fields in raised moist mounds of Earth, where they burrow and locate their nest about 20 cm or 8 inches deep.<ref> Singh, S., Cheong, N., Narayan, G., Sharma, T. Burrow characteristics of the co-existing sibling species ''Mus booduga'' and ''Mus terricolor'' and the genetic basis of adaptation to hypoxic/hypercapnic stress. ''BMC Ecology'', (2009).</ref>   Living in a raised mound of soil offers them more oxygen flow from air coming through the surrounding sides as well as from above.  In contrast, their co-existing sibling species ''[Mus booduga](/source/Mus_booduga)'' burrow in the flat parts of the field, which allows for [niche differentiation](/source/niche_differentiation).
==References==
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*{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001582 | page = }}
{{Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)}}

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Category:Mus (genus)
Category:Mammals of Pakistan
Category:Mammals of Nepal
Category:Mammals described in 1851
Category:Taxa named by Edward Blyth
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

{{Mus-stub}}

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