Mastacomys fuscus
Broad-toothed Mouse
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Mastacomys
Species
Mastacomys fuscus
Status
near threatened
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 20 cm (Excluding the tail)
- Up to 34 cm (Including the tail)
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
It is found only in South-eastern Australia. In Victoria live specimens were caught in the Snowfields, Great Dividing Range to Barrington Tops in New South Wales, Gippsland Highlands, Otway Rangers and Wilsons Promontory. Specimens located in scats have been found in the Otway plains and East Gippsland. The species is also recorded in buttongrass sedgeland up to 1000 metres in western Tasmania.
Habitat preferences are areas of herbfields, grasslands and forests where there is minimal shrubage but a dense covering of sedge, grass, herbs and moss, where precipitation does not fall below 1400 mm per year in alpine areas and 1000 mm at lower altitudes. (Wikipedia)
