Spinifex Hopping Mouse or something extinct?
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:11 pm
Hello
Does anyone know much about the different rhodent species?
Because around 10 - 15 yrs ago i was walking along a trail about to cross a bridge over a river & to the side of the track i saw what looked like the a Spinifex Hopping Mouse.. except the snout was longer & narrower & the end of the snout looked flat like a pigs snout with nostrils on the flat of the snout as does a pigs.
It looked unwell as it didnt take for cover & almost looked like it was too weak to stand where it was.
Does anyone know what this was that i may have seen? I never forgot how it looked because i always wondered what it was.. i did go back with a box with the intention to have it rescued but by the time i returned it was gone
The long piggy looking snout is what bewildered me.
It looked chubby with big dark round eyes, it was a cute looking thing minus the fact it was sick
It looks like the one in the pick except the snout wasnt humped, it was dipped in & narrow & piggy at the end
Does anyone know much about the different rhodent species?
Because around 10 - 15 yrs ago i was walking along a trail about to cross a bridge over a river & to the side of the track i saw what looked like the a Spinifex Hopping Mouse.. except the snout was longer & narrower & the end of the snout looked flat like a pigs snout with nostrils on the flat of the snout as does a pigs.
It looked unwell as it didnt take for cover & almost looked like it was too weak to stand where it was.
Does anyone know what this was that i may have seen? I never forgot how it looked because i always wondered what it was.. i did go back with a box with the intention to have it rescued but by the time i returned it was gone
The long piggy looking snout is what bewildered me.
It looked chubby with big dark round eyes, it was a cute looking thing minus the fact it was sick

It looks like the one in the pick except the snout wasnt humped, it was dipped in & narrow & piggy at the end