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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusNotomys
Notomys mitchellii
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Mitchell's Hopping Mouse

Notomys mitchellii (Ogilby, 1838)

Also calledMitchell-Australienhipfmaus (deu) · Mitchells Hüpfmaus (deu) · Notomys de Mitchell (fra) · klokanomyš Mitschellova (ces) · skakuszka południowa (pol) · tupsuhäntähypikäs (fin) · Тушканчиковая мышь Митчелла (rus) · ミッチェルホップマウス (jpn)

First described in: Lond. Edinb. Philos. Mag. J. Sci. vol.12 p.96

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: The largest living species of Notomys; reviewed by Watts and Aslin (1981) and Watts (1995 c).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

Distribution: Australia; S Western Australia, S South Australia, and W Victoria (Bennett and Lumsden, 1995: 213; Robinson et al., 2000; Watts, 1995 c: 579; Watts and Aslin, 1981: 118); once occurred in SW New South Wales but is now apparently extinct there (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988: 170).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

materials_examined

Type Locality: Australia, Victoria, about 12 km SE Lake Boga (see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988: 169).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: Australia; S Western Australia, S South Australia, and W Victoria (see map and discussion in Watts and Aslin, 1981: 118); once occurred in SW New South Wales, but is now apparently extinct there (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988: 170).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438971.