Heath mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Heath mouse Pseudomys shortridgei Endangered

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

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 1,259 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Pseudomys shortridgei
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the heath mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the heath 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.

Is the heath mouse endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the heath mouse?

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

About the heath mouse

The heath mouse (Pseudomys shortridgei) is a species of mouse in the subfamily Murinae, the Old World rats and mice, found in Australia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Heath mouse (revision 1311131842), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1762238 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).