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.
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The life cycle of the spinifex hopping mouse begins with mating and reproduction in the wild. Females give birth to one to four offspring after a gestation period of around 38 days. The young mice are weaned at about 40 days old and become sexually mature around 3 months of age. They typically have a lifespan of 2-3 years in the wild.
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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.
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.
The fawn hopping mouse is also called the oorarrie, its aboriginal name.
Mitchell's Hopping mouse is endothermic. It is a mammal, and all mammals are endothermic.
The dusky hopping mouse eats plant materials such as seeds, shoots and roots, and small arthropods.
The dusky hopping mouse is subject to predation by feral cats, pythons, owls, birds of prey and foxes.
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.
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.
Yes. No live specimens of the Long-tailed hopping mouse have been recorded since 1901.
Yes. The Northern hopping mouse is a mammal. All mammals are vertebrates, meaning all mammal species have a spine.
Owls and birds of prey are common predators of the various species of hopping mouse. Feral cats and foxes also eat them.