Abstract
THE most detailed information on the burrows and
nests of Australian small mammals are reported by
Watts and Aslin (1981). The nests of several species
of Pseudomys have been described and vary between
species. Three nests of the New Holland mouse
Pseudomys novaehollandiae were excavated from
sand burrows and described as being partially
comprised of Eucalypt leaves (Kemper 1981). In
South Australia, silky mice P. apodemoides construct
nests of shredded bark within a nest chamber of
approximately 15 cm (Watts and Aslin 1981). The
desert mouse P. desertor reputedly builds dry grass
nests in shallow constructions (Read et al.1999) and
the long-tailed mouse P. higginsi and eastern
chestnut mouse P. gracilicaudatus, delicate mouse P.
delicatulus and Gould?s mouse P. gouldii all
construct nests of plant material (Watts and Aslin
1981; Green 1993; Fox 1995) mostly grass. The nests
of the smokey mouse P. fumeus are constructed of
dried grass and Allocasuarina needles that are shaped
in a cup form (10-15cm in diameter) (Woods and
Ford 2000).
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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