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Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.

Hunter has or used to have 32 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Hastings River Mouse.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Photo of Hastings River Mouse

Hastings River Mouse

Pseudomys oralis

Status: Endangered

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Pseudomys oralis is found across 8 electorates.

The Hastings River Mouse is a brownish-grey rodent with a greyish-white belly. It grows to 17 cm long and weighs up to 100 g. Its tail is brown on the upper surface, white underneath and grows to 15 cm long.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Disrupted ecosystem and population processesDisrupted ecosystem and population processes

Invasive species and diseasesInvasive species and diseases

Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.

Hunter has or used to have 54 threatened plants found within its boundaries. Some of these might not be as photogenic as the Hastings River Mouse but they're just as important.

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