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Species Notomys macrotis Thomas, 1921

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Species Notomys macrotis Thomas, 1921

Big-eared Hopping-mouse

  • Notomys macrotis Thomas, O. 1921. Notes on the species of Notomys, the Australian jerboa-rats. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 8: 536-541 [538].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 44.7.9.14 & 44.10.15.2 skin (44.7.9.14) & skull (44.10.15.2), Moore River, WA.
  • Notomys megalotis Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [84] [nom. nov. for Notomys macrotis Thomas, 1921].

 

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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Known only from two damaged specimens.

 

General References

Dixon, J.M. 1995. Big-eared Hopping-mouse Notomys macrotis. pp. 578-579 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Mahoney, J.A. 1976. Notomys macrotis Thomas, 1921, a poorly known Australian hopping mouse [Rodentia: Muridae]. Australian Mammalogy 1: 367-374

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 (Big-eared Hopping-mouse)