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Gould's mouse, also known as the Shark Bay mouse and djoongari in the Pintupi and Luritja languages, is a species of rodent in the murid family. Once ranging throughout Australia from Western Australia to New South Wales, its range has since been reduced to five islands off the coast of Western Australia. Thought to be extinct for over 160 years this remarkable mouse has been found alive off the coast of western australia.
Scientific name: Pseudomys gouldii
Higher classification: Pseudomys
Length: 4.3 in. (Adult)Â
Mass: 1.8 oz (Adult)
Distribution:
Distribution:
The Shark Bay mouse is currently found only in Western Australia on Bernier Island in the Shark Bay area, and two translocated populations on North West Island and Faure Island. It lives mainly in sandy areas such as coastal dunes, sheltered by coastal daisy and beach spinifex, where there are abundant flowers, leaves, spiders and insects to eat. It is sometimes also found further inland among the spinifex and wattle heath.
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