Friday, May 18, 2012

Spinifex Hopping Mouse

No one will care much about this blog entry other than fellow mammalogists or animal behaviorists I am guessing.  We had a sighting of a Spinifex Hopping Mouse after the sunset viewing of Uluru in outback Australia (which was fabulous - the sunset view, I mean, as well as the mice).  These rodents have beautiful big eyes and extremely long tails with a small white tip on the end, and are incredible survivors in desert ecology.  They are extremely fast, either running or hopping. 

Lynn G.

1 comment:

Charlie J said...

I managed to get a photo of it, and will post it soon. --charlie