Henry Hellyer Diary / Large mouse or a young rat [pygmy possum] Henry Hellyer Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Wednesday July 4th - In splitting a log this morning there came out either a large mouse or a young rat it appeared in a dormant state or it was injured in some way as it remained very quietly in my hand while I sketched it off". [pygmy possum] 1827 text application/pdf Image extract from diary https://sparc.utas.edu.au/large-mouse-or-a-young-rat https://sparc.utas.edu.au/uploads/r/special-and-rare-collections/d/1/0/d108e45812d861f62319882b9756efd924340b4816b255c92c21d2aefdf466c7/rat.pdf https://sparc.utas.edu.au/uploads/r/special-and-rare-collections/d/1/0/d108e45812d861f62319882b9756efd924340b4816b255c92c21d2aefdf466c7/rat_142.jpg