A Hopping Mouse, doing what it does best. This wonderful little hopper was found at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary during ecological surveying. EcoHealth surveys are a vital part of our biodiversity monitoring - Australia's largest field science program. 🎥 AWC | Australian Wildlife Conservancy

In Australia, even our mice look like kangaroos! This is the Spinifex Hopping Mouse and we have an adorable family of them at The Australian Reptile Park - check out how cute they are! | Australian Reptile Park

This spinifex hopping mouse was brought back to life in the nick of time. 🐭 | Discovery

It’s not a mouse 🐁 It’s not a rat 🐀 It’s an antechinus! This little cutie was sighted hopping along the rocks at Royal National Park by one of our rangers. While mostly nocturnal, this antechinus has made its nest inside the cavity of the gate and was on its way back to bed. Also known as a marsupial mouse, they live in woodland and forest habitats in eastern NSW. You can tell an antechinus by its pointy, long, narrow snout and crinkled ears with a notch in them. Antechinus like to nest in fal