Desert mouse
The desert mouse (Pseudomys desertor), also known as the brown desert mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Australia. The first desert mouse specimen was collected by Australian zoologist Gerard Krefft on the Blandowski Expedition in 1856-57, between Gol Gol Creek and the Darling River.
Description
The desert mouse has bright chestnut brown fur above, interspersed with long dark guard hairs which give it a spiny appearance. Its belly fur is a light grey-brown. The tail looks scaly and slightly bi-coloured, with length equal to or shorter than the animal's head-body length. A defining feature of the desert mouse is its pale orange eye-ring, which may be used to distinguish it from the Western chestnut mouse Pseudomys nanus where their habitat overlaps in the northern Tanami Desert.
Typical measurements for the desert mouse are 70–105 mm for head-body length, and 67–103 mm for tail length. Weight is between 15-35 g.
Distribution and habitat
Widespread throughout the arid zone of Australia, the desert mouse also inhabits in the north dry savannah region of Queensland. Its preferred habitat ranges from sand dunes with spinifex to rocky hillsides, which it uses to create shallow burrows.
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These Are The Times
by: Billy JoelWe walked on the beach beside that old hotel,
They're tearing it down now
But it's just as well.
I haven't shown you everything a man can do,
So stay with me baby I got plans for you.
This is the time to remember
'Cause it will not last forever,
These are the days to hold on to
'Cause we wont although we'll want to.
This is the time
The time is gonna change.
You've given me the best of you
And now I need the rest of you.
Did you know that before you came into my life,
Some kind of miracle that I survived.
Some day we will both look back and have to laugh;
We lived through a lifetime and the aftermath.
This is the time to remember,
'Cause it will not last forever,
These are the days to hold onto,
'Cause we wont although we'll want to.
This is the time,
The time is gonna change,
I know we gotta move somehow,
But I don't want to lose you now.
Sometimes it's so easy to let a day slip on by
Without even seein' each other at all,
But this is the time you'll turn back to,
And so will I
And those will be days you can never recall.
And so we embrace again behind the dunes.
This beach is so cold on winter afternoons,
Ahh but holding you close
Is like holding the summer sun,
I'm worn from the memory of days to come...
This is the time to remember
'Cause it willl not last forever,
These are the days to hold on to,
'Cause we wont although we'll want to.
This is the time,
But the time's about to change.
You've given me the best of you but now I need
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