Native mouse believed to be extinct for 150 years found off Western Australia

The ‘extinct’ Gould’s mouse was indistinguishable from the Shark Bay mouse, which is found on several small islands off the coast of Western Australia. Photograph: Wayne Lawler/Wayne Lawler/Australian Wildlife Conservancy

The ‘extinct’ Gould’s mouse was indistinguishable from the Shark Bay mouse, which is found on several small islands off the coast of Western Australia. Photograph: Wayne Lawler/Wayne Lawler/Australian Wildlife Conservancy

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/29/native-mouse-believed-to-be-extinct-for-150-years-found-off-western-australia