Notomys aquilo

O. Thomas, 1921

Northern 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. 1921-10-31. Notes on the species of Notomys, the Australian jerboa-rats. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8(47):536-541.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196719

Original name as described

Notomys aquilo

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1867.9.17.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a8168589-520b-4be1-95c4-c12f4893c49e

Type locality

"Cape York, N. Queensland," Australia.

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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003235

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 aquilo

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

aquilo

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1867.9.17.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a8168589-520b-4be1-95c4-c12f4893c49e

Authority page

540

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196719

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:262) (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 (2017:725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14862/22401364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Notomys carpentarius

D. H. Johnson, 1959

Family

Muridae

Root name

carpentarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:284353

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35d49b0d3-c90d-4806-a818-c75278e1fda8

Authority page

186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641965

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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