A native species of mouse that was last seen in Tasmania's north-east 17 years ago has been caught on camera on Flinders Island — sniffing a stick dipped in peanut butter.
For the first time in 17 years, a species of mouse described as a "dumpling on legs" has been discovered on Tasmania's Flinders island.The mouse was captured sniffing a stick of peanut butter on a remote camera on Flinders IslandIt was feared the New Holland Mouse, known scientifically as Pseudomys novaehollandiae, was extinct, with the last evidence of its existence detected over 12 years ago at Waterhouse Conservation Area.
"Our average house mouse is smelly and tends to invade our houses and raid our food cupboards and even is quite an issue living in the agricultural landscape," she said. "One is that we deploy what we call little hair tubes, so they're little pieces of PVC pipe that have some nice yummy, smelly bait in the end, and they have a bit of double-sided tape," Ms Lazenby said.
Images of the species were captured as it walked in front of the remote camera to sniff a stick dipped in peanut butter and sit on top of a bait canister that was filled with rolled oats, sunflower seeds, peanut butter, and lucerne chaff. Images of the species were captured as it walked in front of a remote camera to sniff a stick of peanut butter.
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