Short-tailed hopping mouse
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short-tailed-hopping-mouse-250-18526296
title:
Short-tailed hopping mouse
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The short-tailed hopping mouse is an extinct species of mouse from open stony (gibber) plains with desert grasses, low shrubs and sand ridges in the area around Charlotte Waters, near Alice Springs in Central Australia. It weighed 80 grams. The last record is from June 1896. Only two complete specimens were collected, probably from Aboriginal Australians. It was among the largest of all Australian hopping mice recorded in Australia; it was twice as heavy as any living species of hopping mice, al
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description:
Extinct species of rodent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-tailed_hopping_mouse
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2024-03-27T15:22:48Z
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