Species Notomys fuscus (Jones, 1925)

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• Ascopharynx fuscus Jones, F.W. 1925. A revision of the South Australian jerboa mice, with the description of a new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3: 1-7 [3].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA M6258 ♂ skin (wet) & skull (Aitken, P.F. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. V. Mammals. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 17: 197–202 [200] questions the validity of Finlayson's lectotype selection, nevertheless SAMA M6258 is accepted by Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 5 Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp., on the authority of Finlayson, loc. cit., as being a specimen eligible for selection as lectotype), Ooldea district, SA.
• Notomys fuscus eyreius Finlayson, H.H. 1960. Nomenclature of Notomys (Muridae) in the Lake Eyre basin. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 83: 79-82 [81].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA M4595 ♀ skin & skull, Mulka (New Well), on the east side of Lake Eyre about 50 miles ENE of the Cooper (as Barcoo) inflow, SA.
• Notomys filmeri Mack, G. 1961. Mammals from south-western Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 13: 213-229 [222].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J10316 ♂ skin & skull, near Birdsville, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [167]

Generic Combinations

• Notomys fuscus (Jones, 1925).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, desert sand dunes, folivore, granivore, gregarious, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet includes occasional insects.

General References

Aitken, P.F. 1968. Observations on Notomys fuscus (Wood Jones) (Muridae - Pseudomyinae) with notes on a new synonym. South Australian Naturalist 43: 37-45

Aslin, H.J. & Watts, C.H.S. 1980. Breeding of a captive colony of Notomys fuscus Wood Jones (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Wildlife Research 7: 379-383

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S., Adams, M. & Cole, S.R. 1981. Genetical relationships among Australian rodents (Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 289-303

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S. & Hogarth, J.T. 1977. Chromosome evolution in Australian rodents I. The Pseudomyinae, the Hydromyinae and the Uromys/Melomys Group. Chromosoma (Berlin) 61: 95-125

Breed, W.G. 1980. Further observations on spermatozoal morphology and male reproductive tract anatomy of Pseudomys and Notomys species (Mammalia: Rodentia). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104: 51-55

Breed, W.G. 1997. Interspecific variation of testis size and epididymal sperm numbers in Australasian rodents with special reference to the genus Notomys. Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 651-669

Lee, A.K. 1995. The Action Plan for Australian Rodents. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 62 pp.

Morrissey, B.L. & Breed, W.G. 1982. Variation in external morphology of the glans penis of Australian native rodents. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 495-502

Moseby, K.E. & Brandle, R. 1999. Distribution, habitat and conservation status of the rare dusky hopping mouse Notomys fuscus (Rodentia: Muridae). Wildlife Research 26: 479-494

Watts, C. H. S. 1982. Australian hydromyine rodents: maintenance of captive colonies. pp. 180-184 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.

Watts, C.H.S. 1995. Dusky Hopping-mouse Notomys fuscus. pp. 575-576 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Watts, C.H.S. & Aslin, H.J. 1981. The Rodents of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 321 pp. 16 pls.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Dusky Hopping-mouse)

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