Australia's Smallest Rodent, the Molinipi (Pseudomys delicatulus) (IMAGE)

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Australia's Smallest Rodent, the Molinipi (Pseudomys delicatulus)

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Australia's smallest rodent, the molinipi (Pseudomys delicatulus), considers one of Australia's largest rodents, the otter-like rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster). They share an skull shape gradient that goes back further than either species' arrival to their shared continent.

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llustration by Alison K. Carlisle (aka Papadore Illustrations).

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