blue-grey mouse

  • The Curious Case of Australia’s Native Blue-Grey Mouse

    The Curious Case of Australia’s Native Blue-Grey Mouse

    From all accounts, Australia’s blue-grey mouse was a charming little creature. The famous British zoologist Oldfield Thomas of London’s Natural History Museum first described the species in 1910 and named it Pseudomys glaucus. Within half a century, the species had seemingly disappeared, leaving behind only three scientific specimens. Since then, two of these have been…