The desert mouse (Pseudomys desertor), is an endemic Australian rodent that was once widespread. The species is now extinct in Victoria and critically endangered in New South Wales, although it…
Category: rodents
The Tooarrana, or broad-toothed rat (Mastacomys fuscus), is an Australian rodent that depends on Australian tussock grasses in alpine and sub-alpine areas. This has put the species at risk from…
Congratulations to Emily Roycroft, Adnan Moussalli and Kevin Rowe, who recently had a paper published in Systematic Biology: Phylogenomics Uncovers Confidence and Conflict in the Rapid Radiation of Australo-Papuan Rodents.…