WA Mammals 06. Grassland Melomys to Lesser Stick-nest Rat
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Grassland Melomys |
Melomys burtoni |
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Occurs in coastal north Kimberley in grassland, monsoon forest, riparian vegetation, mangroves. |
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Black-footed Tree Rat |
Mesembriomys gouldi |
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Golden-backed Tree Rat |
Mesembriomys macrurus |
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Brush-tailed Rabbit Rat |
Conilurus penicillatus |
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Water Rat (Rakali) |
Hydromys chrysogaster |
| Seen in Applecross before development. Seen at Bardon Park in Mt Lawley. Reported at Bibra Lake. | |
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Spinifex Hopping Mouse |
Notomys alexis |
| Several caught on Landscope Expedition to Canning Stock Route in August 2008. | |
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Mitchell's Hopping Mouse |
Notomys mitchelli |
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Long-tailed Hopping Mouse |
Notomys longicaudatus |
| Extinct. | |
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Big-eared Hopping Mouse |
Notomys macrotis |
| Extinct. Endemic. | |
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Common Rock Rat |
Zyzomys argurus |
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Seen on St Patrick's Island and Sale River. |
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Kimberley Rock Rat |
Zyzomys woodwardi |
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Endemic. |
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House Mouse (photograph) |
Mus musculus |
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Introduced. Seen at Argyle Diamond Mine, Perth, Bungendore State Forest, Gibson Desert Nature Reserve. About fifty caught in the Fitzgerald River National Park in May 2004. |
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Desert Short-tailed Mouse (Forrest's Mouse) |
Leggadina forresti |
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Tropical Short-tailed Mouse (Lakeland Downs Mouse) (photographs) |
Leggadina lakedownensis |
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Trapped on Serrurier Island in October 2000. |
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Delicate Mouse (photographs) |
Pseudomys delicatulus |
| Trapped at Argyle Diamond Mine. | |
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Kimberley Pebble-mound Mouse |
Pseudomys laborifax |
| Trapped at Argyle Diamond Mine. | |
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Western Chestnut Mouse (photographs) |
Pseudomys nanus |
| Very common at Argyle Diamond Mine. Trapped on Barrow Island. | |
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Desert Mouse (photograph) |
Pseudomys desertor |
| One caught in a pit trap on the Landscope Expedition to the Gibson Desert Nature Reserve in August 2003. | |
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Bolam's Mouse |
Pseudomys bolami |
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Sandy Inland Mouse |
Pseudomys hermannsbergensis |
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Ash-grey Mouse |
Pseudomys albocinereus |
| Endemic. About twenty trapped in the Fitzgerald River National Park in May 2004. | |
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Western Mouse |
Pseudomys occidentalis |
| Endemic. Three trapped in the Fitzgerald River National Park in May 2004. | |
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Djoongari (Shark Bay Mouse) (photograph) |
Pseudomys fieldi |
| Seen on Trimouille Island in the Monte Bello Islands where it has been introduced. It still exists on Bernier Island in Shark Bay, and it has been introduced to Doole Island in the Exmouth Gulf. | |
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Pilbara Pebble-mound Mouse (Western Pebble-mound Mouse) |
Pseudomys chapmani |
| Endemic. | |
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Heath Mouse (Dayang) |
Pseudomys shortridgei |
| Two trapped in the Fitzgerald River National Park in May 2004. | |
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Plains Mouse |
Pseudomys australis |
| Extinct in WA. | |
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Bush Rat |
Rattus fuscipes |
| Found in coastal areas from Jurien Bay to Israelite Bay. About fifty trapped in the Fitzgerald River National Park in May 2004. Reported at Waychinicup camp ground. | |
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Pacific Rat (Polynesian Rat) |
Rattus exulans |
| Introduced. One record each on Adele Island and Sunday Island off the Kimberley coast. | |
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Black Rat (Ship Rat) |
Rattus rattus |
| Introduced. Seen in Perth. | |
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Brown Rat (Sewer Rat) |
Rattus norvegicus |
| Introduced. Recorded in Perth and Albany. | |
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Long-haired Rat (Plague Rat) |
Rattus villosismus |
| Population fluctuates dramatically following widespread rains. Reported to be common around the Ord River irrigation area. | |
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Pale Field Rat |
Rattus tunneyi |
| Trapped at the Argyle Diamond Mine. | |
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Greater Stick-nest Rat |
Leporillus conditor |
| Introduced to Salutation Island. | |
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Lesser Stick-nest Rat |
Leporillus apicalis |
| Extinct. | |
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