Smoky mouse 'could go extinct without us looking', say Victorian scientists

More resources are needed to monitor the 100 recorded smoky mice, or Pseudomys fumeus, in the wild in tiny populations in Victoria and NSW

Scientists in Victoria say more resources are needed to monitor the critically endangered native smoky mouse, before the rodents "go extinct without us looking".

There are only about 100 recorded smoky mice, or Pseudomys fumeus, in the wild, dotted in tiny populations in the Grampians, Central Highlands and East Gippsland in Victoria, and around Kosciuszko national park and Nullica state forest in New South Wales.