as part of an Endangered Animals of the World project
organised by Cannelton Elementary School in Indiana, USA and Primary School De Wadden of Haarlem, Netherlands.
Heath Rat
Drawn by Andrew 4F
Common Name :
Heath Rat
Scientific Name :
Pseudomys shortridgei
Habitat :
Lives in temperate coastal headlands of Western Australia and the Grampians of Victoria.
Diet :
Eats seeds, berries and flowers mostly but in Winter eats underground fungi.
Size :
Grows to about 230mm and the tail is 110mm of this.
Danger :
Farmers who removed the heathland cut down the areas where this rat could live.
Changes in the patterns of fires have reduced the areas of newly burnt regrowth on which it likes to feed.
Researched by :
Andrew 4F
Reference:
CD called "Wildinfo Australia"
Windows Version
Australian Endangered, Vulnerable and Extinct Fauna.
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