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Species Notomys longicaudatus (Gould, 1844)

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Species Notomys longicaudatus (Gould, 1844)

Long-tailed Hopping-mouse

  • Hapalotis longicaudata Gould, J. 1844. Exhibition and character of a number of animals, &c. transmitted from Australia by Mr. Gilbert. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1844: 103-107 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [438]] [104].
    Type data:
     Lectotype BMNH 44.7.9.15 & 44.10.15.3 ♀ skin (44.7.9.15) & skull (44.10.15.3), Moore River, WA.
  • Notomys sturti Thomas, O. 1921. Notes on the species of Notomys, the Australian jerboa-rats. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 8: 536-541 [537] [the holotype was collected by the Sturt Expedition to Central Australia in 1844–1846; its location, the Coonbaralba Range sensu Sturt, is marked on Arrowsmith, J. 1849. Map of Captn. Sturt's route from Adelaide into the centre of Australia, constructed from his original protractions, and other official documents.].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 46.5.14.40 ♀ skin & skull (the registration number, BMNH 46.5.14.43, recorded by Thomas, loc. cit. for the holotype is incorrect), Mt Gipps area, adjacent to Broken Hill, NSW (as 'Coonbaralba Range about 85 miles from Laidley's Ponds', NSW).
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Arrowsmith, J. 1849. Map of Captn. Sturt's route from Adelaide into the centre of Australia, constructed from his original protractions, and other official documents.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [168]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Now extinct.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Granivore, low shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Breed, W.G. 1990. Reproductive anatomy and sperm morphology of the long-tailed hopping mouse, Notomys longicaudatus (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Mammalogy 13: 201-204

Dixon, J.M. 1995. Long-tailed Hopping-mouse Notomys longicaudatus. pp. 577-578 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Morrissey, B.L. & Breed, W.G. 1982. Variation in external morphology of the glans penis of Australian native rodents. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 495-502

Watts, C.H.S. & Aslin, H.J. 1981. The Rodents of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 321 pp. 16 pls

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Long-tailed Hopping-mouse)