Notomys fuscus

(Wood Jones, 1925)

Dusky 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

Wood Jones, F. 1925-06-30. A revision of the South Australian jerboa mice, with the description of a new species. Records of the South Australian Museum 3(1):1-7.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41025175

Original name as described

Ascopharynx fuscus

Type material

SAMA M6258

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Ooldea District, South Australia, 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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003237

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 filmeri

Mack, 1961

Family

Muridae

Root name

filmeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM J10316

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110323/notomys-fuscus

Authority page

222

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48711903

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

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

Notomys fuscus eyreius

H. H. Finlayson, 1960

Family

Muridae

Root name

eyreius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SAMA M4595

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41002108

Authority publication

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Name usages

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

Ascopharynx fuscus

(Wood Jones, 1925)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SAMA M6258

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41025175

Authority publication

Records of the South Australian Museum

Notomys fuscus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

263

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:263) (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 #14863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14863/22401596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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