Sunday, August 27, 2017

SPINIFEX HOPPING MOUSE

Photographed at Mount Gibson Station, Western Australia
52                   SPINIFEX HOPPING MOUSE                  Notomys alexis

AUSTRALIA                  52

Found in sandy deserts on dunes and swales covered with hummock grass, loamy sands with mulga or melaleuca. Populations fluctuate with rainfall. Omnivorous, eats seeds, most plant parts, arthropods.


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