Image: Pseudomys vandycki

Pseudomys vandycki, a small murid rodent from the Pliocene of central Queensland, is one of the earliest Australian rodents and the first Cainozoic rodent described from Australia.

Illustrator:

Anne Musser

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Last Updated: 15 July 2009

Tags rodent, extinct, mammals, murids, murines, murinae, muridae, mice, mouse, Lost Kingdoms, Chinchilla, Pliocene,