Mus domesticus Rutty, 1772 . 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 .