Notomys alexis

O. Thomas, 1922

Spinifex Hopping Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Notomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1922-04-01. Two new jerboa-rats (Notomys). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)9(52):315-317.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15690063

Original name as described

Notomys alexis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.3.9.35

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"35 miles [= 56 km] S. W. of Alroy [Northern Territory, Australia], about 135° 40' E. and 19° 30' S. Alt. 800' [= 244 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

R. T. Hoser included Notomys and Mastacomys under Pseudomys as well as recognized (Ascopharynx, Thetomys, Gyomys) and named (Eekmys, Farkmys, Ohmys, Oimys, Ouchmys) a number of subgenera within; this arrangement is not followed here pending further investigation

Taxonomy notes citation

Hoser, R. T. (2020). An overdue break up of the rodent genus Pseudomys into subgenera as well as the formal naming of four new species. Australasian Journal of Herpetology, 49: 30-41.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003233

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Notomys alexis

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Muridae

Root name

alexis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.3.9.35

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

316

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15690063

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14867/22401181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Notomys alexis reginae

Troughton, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

reginae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM J5997

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110322/notomys-alexis-reginae

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48177103

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Notomys alexis everardensis

H. H. Finlayson, 1940

Family

Muridae

Root name

everardensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SAMA M3673

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41572766

Authority publication

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Notomys alexis alexis

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

alexis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

261

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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