Mus musculus

1 House Mouse at Tennent, ACT

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Identification history

Mus musculus	11 Jun 2019	ChrisM
Mus musculus	8 Jun 2019	DonFletcher
Unverified	8 Jun 2019	gisela

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User's notes

A species of Pseudomys? Seen on Booroomba rocks in bright sunlight.

2 comments

DonFletcher wrote:

9 Jun 2019

Hi Gisela. Some photos of small mammals are difficult because the key characteristics are not in photos, such as the notched incisors and mousy smell of a house mouse. And scale. Juveniles are more difficult still, which is what this might be. At first sight this looks like either a house mouse or Pseudomys novaehollandiae then I suspected it may be a juvenile rat, either a Bush Rat or a Black Rat. The tails of Pseudomys are lighter below, and this does not seem to have that, but it does have large ears. My guess is House Mouse. I will ask some other people to help.

DonFletcher wrote:

12 Jun 2019

Email replies from Linda Broom and Will Osborne agree this is a house mouse not a juvenile rat. DF 11/6/19.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
7 Jun 2019 01:00 PM Recorded on
gisela Recorded by
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Mammals Rodents Mice gisela Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Mus musculus Scientific name
House Mouse Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 719.6m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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