Owls and Birds of Prey are common predators of the various species of hopping mouse. Feral cats and foxes also eat them.
The dusky hopping mouse eats plant materials such as seeds, shoots and roots, and small arthropods.
The Darling Downs hopping mouse is extinct. As a hopping mouse, its living relatives are the Northern hopping mouse, Mitchell's hopping mouse, Dusky hopping mouse, Fawn hopping mouse and Spinifex hopping mouse.
The cricket eats the sagebrush, the spinifex hopping mouse eats the cricket, the owl eats the spinifex hopping mouse and the dingo eats the owl. You might be thinking that owls do not eat mise but they actually do. The barn owl loves garden mise especially.
The hopping mouse is the generic name for about ten different Australian mice. They tend to eat seeds and other small bits of plant matter.
owls,dingoes,feral cats and red foxes
No. The Hopping mouse of Australia is not the same as the Jumping mouse found on other continents. Hopping mice do not hibernate.
Yes. There are several species of native hopping mouse which, apart from the bat and some native rats, are the only true native placental terrestrial mammals in Australia. Species include the Spinifex Hopping Mouse, also known as the Brown or Northern Hopping Mouse, and the Dusky Hopping Mouse.
Yes. All mice, including the spinifex hopping mouse, are mammals.
Mitchell's Hopping mouse is endothermic. It is a mammal, and all mammals are endothermic.
No. The spinifex hopping mouse of Australia is an omnivore. It feeds on seeds, vegetation and arthropods.
The fawn hopping mouse is also called the oorarrie, its aboriginal name.
The dusky hopping mouse is subject to predation by feral cats, pythons, owls, birds of prey and foxes.