Pseudomys nanus - #423
Western Chestnut Mouse
Side view, captive from Arnhem Land, NT, Australia.
Geographic Distribution
Australia; W coast of Western Australia (also Barrow Isl), between Port Hedland and the Barkly Tableland in NE Western Australia, N Northern Territory, and NW Queensland (also South-West Isl in Gulf of Carpentaria); once ranged through W part of Western Australia.
Order/Family
Muridae
Genus
Pseudomys
Specific Epithet
nanus
Image Location
Australia, SA, Adelaide, Inst. Med. & Vet. Sci.
Image Date
1978
Photographer
HJ Aslin