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– Diet consists of seeds, fruits, blossoms, grasses and herbs as well as invertebrates such as beetles and spiders. Increased capture rates have been made in areas with a high cover of bluebush (Maireana spp.), with the seeds recorded as a food source.

– Bolam’s mouse is the size of a house mouse although slimmer in appearance with larger eyes, feet and ears with a longer tail. It is also quieter than a house mouse when handled and lacks a musty odour.

– Plant material including leaves, floral material, stems and roots generally make up more than 30% of the diet. Invertebrates make up more than 10% of the diet and fungus makes up less than 1%.

– They are found to inhabit areas that have loamy, clay, gravelly, sandy or calcareous soils where they are able to burrow. They also occupy vacant goanna, bettong and rabbit burrows and underneath fallen timber.