Heath Mouse

Order Rodentia; Family Muridae; Scientific name: Pseudomys shortridgei; Common name: Heath Mouse; Alternative common name: Heath Rat – Distribution in Australia: Nowadays occurring in three disjunct populations, one in South-east Coastal and Wheat-belt Regions of Western Australia, one on Kangaroo Island in South Australia and one in south-eastern South Australia and south-western Victoria – Conservation status: VULNERABLE.