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Northern Hopping Mouse
Notomys aquilo
The northern hopping mouse (Notomys aquilo) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is also known as woorrentinta, from Lardil, the language of Mornington Island.
It is found only in coastal northern Australia, from Arnhem Land to the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia. The only known population is in the Anindilyakwa Indigenous Protected Area on Groote Eylandt. There have two former sightings in inland central Arnhem Land and in Cape York in Queensland 120 years ago, both single recordings. Its population has not been yet been determined. It is classified as vulnerable.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45115.