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Is the long tailed hopping mouse already extinct?
Yes. No live specimens of the Long-tailed hopping mouse have been recorded since 1901.
What are relatives of the Darling Downs hopping mouse?
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.
What color was the long tailed hopping mouse?
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.
When did the big eared hopping mouse become extinct?
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.
Is the native hopping mouse Australian?
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.
Is a spinifex hopping mouse a mammal?
Yes. All mice, including the spinifex hopping mouse, are mammals.
What is another name for the fawn hopping mouse?
The fawn hopping mouse is also called the oorarrie, its aboriginal name.
Is the Mitchell's hopping mouse endothermic or ectothermic?
Mitchell's Hopping mouse is endothermic. It is a mammal, and all mammals are endothermic.
What does a Dusky-hopping mouse eat?
The dusky hopping mouse eats plant materials such as seeds, shoots and roots, and small arthropods.
What preys on the dusky hopping mouse?
The dusky hopping mouse is subject to predation by feral cats, pythons, owls, birds of prey and foxes.
What is the habitat of the dusky hopping mouse?
The habitat of Australia's dusky hopping mouse is sand dunes where there is cane grass and ephemeral herbaceous shrubs. This hopping mouse is confined to the Strzelecki Desert of far south western Queensland and northeastern South Australia.
Where does the Mitchell's hopping mouse live?
Mitchell's hopping mouse is an Australian native mouse. It is found in the sandy desert country of southern Western Ausalia, South Australia and Victoria's far northwest mallee country. This hopping mouse inhabits Malle scrubland and heathland. It shelters in logs and burrows.
