Desert mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the desert mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pseudomys desertor
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	24 g
Length	174 mm; 86 mm (tail)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the desert mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the desert mouse in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a desert mouse?

Wikidata records the following for the desert mouse: mass 24 g; length 174 mm; 86 mm (tail).

Is the desert mouse endangered?

The desert mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the desert mouse?

The desert mouse (Pseudomys desertor) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Pseudomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the desert mouse

The desert mouse (Pseudomys desertor), also known as the brown desert mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Australia. The first desert mouse specimen was collected by Australian zoologist Gerard Krefft on the Blandowski Expedition in 1856-57, between Gol Gol Creek and the Darling River.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Desert mouse (revision 1314507567), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1065679 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).