Notomys robustus Mahoney, Smith & Medlin, 2008
Broad-cheeked hopping mouse, Broad-cheeked hopping-mouse, Great hopping mouse, Great hopping-mouse, ?yurndu (Tunbridge, 1991:81)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Notomys robustus Mahoney, Smith & Medlin, 2007 (incorrect year of publication)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Burbidge, 2024)
Last record: Holocene (between 1850-1900?); 1850 (?) (Johnson, 2006:169)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
South Australia (Flinders Ranges & Davenport Range), Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Body mass: ~50gm (Johnson, 2006:169).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mahoney, J. A., Smith, M. J. and Medlin, G. C. (2008). A new species of hopping-mouse, Notomys robustus sp. nov. (Rodentia: Muridae), from cave deposits in the Flinders and Davenport Ranges, South Australia. Australian Mammalogy 29(2): 117-135. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM07017 [1 April 2008]
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Burbidge, Andrew A. (2024). Australian terrestrial mammals: how many modern extinctions? Australian Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM23037
Burbidge, A. A. and Woinarski, J. (2016). Notomys robustus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T45958541A45973101. Downloaded on 24 July 2016.
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Medlin, Graham C. (1993). Field Guide to Chambers Gorge, Flinders Ranges. Adelaide: South Australian Museum.
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