Hopping mouse |
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Title : | Hopping mouse |
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Date of creation : | 1920 | ||
Format : | Photograph | ||
Dimensions : | 137 x 86 mm | ||
Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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Description : |
A Fawn Hopping-mouse (Notomys cervinus) taken at Ooldea. This mouse appears to live in small family groups, leaving their burrows at night to forage for hundreds of metres. It does not need to drink fresh water but gets its water from green plant material and insects. It is a true rodent, not a marsupial. |
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Period : | 1919-1927 |
Region : | Eyre Peninsula and Far West Coast |
Further reading : | Strahan, Ronald, ed. The mammals of Australia : the national photographic index of Australian wildlife, Chatswood, N.S.W. : Reed Books : The Australian Museum, 1995 |
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