The long-tailed hopping mouse of Australia is now extinct. Its fur was pale sandy brown, interspersed with many fine black hairs over most of its body, but its underparts were white. Similarly, its tail was pale brown above, but white underneath.
Yes. No live specimens of the Long-tailed hopping mouse have been recorded since 1901.
It is not known when, exactly, the big-eared hopping mouse became extinct. No live specimens have ever been recorded by Europeans. This species is only known from two incomplete specimens collected 100 km north of Perth before 1844.
No. Hopping mice look like mice, which is what they are. These small rodents have longer tails than other mice, and long hind legs with extra long hind feet. This is what gives them their hopping motion.
A spinifex hopping mouse is a small rodent native to Australia. It has long hind legs with long feet, which enable it to move with a hopping motion rather than running like other mice. Its habitat is arid and semi-arid regions such as sandy desert dunes and swales among hummock grass and spinifex, as well as loamy sand areas among mulga and melaleuca.
Hopping mice are rodent-like in appearance, but they have large, slender hind legs with long feet which give them a hopping type of locomotion. Their tails are longer than their bodies and tufted along the length of the end half. EpWhile several species have dark tufted tails, the Spinifex hopping mouse has a tail which is much the same shade as their fawn/chestnut coloured fur. Hopping mice have large ears to help with heat dissipation. Their fur is pale on their abdomen and, depending on the species, may be chestnut, olive, tawny, grey, rufous, sandy brown or pale orange.
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The scientific or taxonomic name would be Chaetodipus formosus.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Chaetodipus formosus.
Long-tailed Nightjar was created in 1825.
Long-tailed Duck was created in 1758.
Long-tailed Mole was created in 1872.
Long-tailed Fiscal was created in 1906.