New Holland mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the New Holland mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the New Holland 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 New Holland mouse endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the New Holland mouse?

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

About the New Holland mouse

The New Holland mouse (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) also known as a Pookila is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It was first described by George Waterhouse in 1843. It vanished from view for over a century before its rediscovery in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park north of Sydney in 1967. It is found only in south east Australia, within the states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Tasmania.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article New Holland mouse (revision 1379041308), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1767530 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).