Notomys amplus Brazenor, 1936:7
Short-tailed hopping mouse, Large-desert hopping mouse, (Arruja?), yoontoo
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1896 (Parker, 1973:27)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
The Short-tailed hopping mouse is known only from 2 recent specimens collected in 1896 by the Horn Expedition from Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory (Finlayson, 1961). As well as material from owl pellets in the Flinders Ranges (Smith, 1977).
Distribution
South Australia and Northern Territory (historically) & Western Australia (prehistorically), Australia
Prehistorically: Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia (Baynes et al., 2019)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
The Short-tailed hopping mouse is known only from 2 recent specimens collected in 1896 by the Horn Expedition from Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory (Finlayson, 1961). As well as material from owl pellets in the Flinders Ranges (Smith, 1977).
MV C512 (Roycroft et al., 2021, 2022)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Brazenor, C. W. (1936). Two new rats from Central Australia. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 5-8.
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