The ash-gray pseudomys is a small rodent from Australia. It has soft gray fur with an ashy tint, short ears, and a long tail.
The ash-gray pseudomys differs from other mice with its thick gray fur and habit of living in sandy soils of Australia. It helps plants spread seeds and serves as food for snakes and birds.
meadows, prairies, forb glades on land
Whiskers count
Worker
Hot summer almost without rain
Tail size
birth time
breeding
Hot and almost no precipitation
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
Claws color
days
Warm summer
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
whiskers
adult
Maturity
insects
About health
anything
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
summer warm and almost no rain
protection from predators
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
rains are very rare, almost a desert
alpine meadows and arctic tundra on land
Trophic type
Filters
summer very hot, dry, lots of grass
Tail count
young shoots and sprouts
Mediterranean forest
Upcoming birthdays
eggs, roe or offspring develop in a nest built on the ground or close to it
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Seeds
in a burrow
Height
young are born live on land, not hatched from eggs or roe
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
Age (embryo)
Wanderers
Food items are collected from exposed outer surfaces of substrates.
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
dry, cold winter, lots of grass, few trees
Ears size
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
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Lifespan average
in a terrestrial nest
Whiskers size
live birth
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
nest hidden in an underground burrow
Pets
Primary oral structure used to seize, manipulate, or ingest food.
terrestrial shrubland
Hot steppe
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
lateral line
{name} jubilee
paw
terrestrial shrub habitats — maquis, chaparral, bush
Claws count
cm
Old-timers
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mouth
Claws size
turns
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
Rascals
terrestrial forest
terrestrial herbaceous
Tail color
plant seeds
Ears count
seeds
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
alpine and arctic tundra
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Where are they found?
nest hidden in an underground burrow, only the mother provides parental care for the offspring
38 to 65 grams, 15 – 40 centimeters
herbivore
Describes food handling or digging performed with the forelimbs.
Whiskers color
Summer almost without rain
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
Taxons
almost no rain in summer, more precipitation in winter
if born as {name}
Forages within or on the surface of soil or substrate.
age
birth date
rest
Fur color
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
nocturnal
The basics
My weight?
summer is hot and almost no rain falls
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
surface
primary food sources
teeth
burrow
Potential Habitat
lots of grass, few trees, rains are rare
Very hot summer
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Gestation
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
land
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
{name} birthday
soil
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omnivory, they eat plants, animals, and mushrooms — almost any food
On the map
young shoots, sprouts, green plant shoots
all life stages
Female ♀
dry and hot summer, warm and rainy winter
Cold and almost dry
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Shelter used specifically for reproduction or nesting.
Maturity
Skin color
caring mother
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
protection from sun
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Very dry
Neither
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
What do they eat?
dry and cold almost all year round
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Ears color
Hard dental structures used to bite, tear, or scrape food.
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
Duration
green shoots
live insects
This is me
Warm summer with almost no rain
Foraging activity occurs primarily during nighttime hours.
Steppe
Gamers
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
Link copied
My age?
wk
My size?
terrestrial
Asexual
swap
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Sensory system detecting water movements to locate prey.
inhabit and develop on land, outside water bodies
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Cold steppe
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
world of Australasia
very hot and almost no precipitation
foraging
Hermaphrodite ⚥
embryo
Orange
plant seeds — sunflower, grass, small wild seeds
Length
kg
forages for food on the ground at night using paws and whiskers
Observations
◉{N} more on tap