The big-eared hopping mouse is extinct, and its habitat is unknown as this species is only known about as the result of two incomplete specimens. These specimens we found near the Moore River, about 100 km north of Perth, Western Australia, before 1844.
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.
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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It is not known what the big-eared hopping mouse ate. No live specimens have been recorded by Europeans. the existence of this species is only known from two incomplete specimens collected before 1844.
It's extinct already.
Yes. No live specimens of the Long-tailed hopping mouse have been recorded since 1901.
No live specimens of the Big-eared hopping mouse have ever been recorded by Europeans. This species is only known from two incomplete specimens collected 100 km north of Perth before 1844.
Australia was the home to many species of extinct animals including 23 bird, four frog and 27 mammal species. These include the tammar wallaby, big-eared hopping mouse, and the lake peddler earthworm.
It is not known what the big-eared hopping mouse ate, And whether it was a carnivore or a herbivore. No live specimens have been recorded by Europeans. the existence of this species is only known from two incomplete specimens collected before 1844.
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.