the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Mus or mouse > mus musculus or house mouse > waltzing mouse (4)
a mutant of Mus musculus bactrianus, a house mouse native to Central and Eastern Asia.
A name for a breed of domesticated mice which have the habit of spinning round rapidly; = waltzing mouse at waltz, v. derivatives.