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Overview
The smoky mouse is a grey-furred native Australian rodent. A June 2025 NPWS report documents its return to Nungatta after decades without sightings there.
Captive-bred animals entered a fenced, predator-free area through soft-release enclosures. The report records 49 releases in 2024, another 30 in autumn 2025 and detection of a juvenile. These observations support local breeding, without establishing recovery across the species’ range.
Origins & earliest records
Terrestrial
Evidence & interpretation
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- Institutional accountNungatta: update June 2025Research access: 2026-10-21
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