Northern hopping mouse
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Species: | N. aquilo
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Notomys aquilo Thomas, 1921
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The Northern Hopping Mouse, Souris Sauteuse, or Ratones Saltadores De Australia (Notomys aquilo) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in coastal northern Australia, from Arnhem Land to the Cobourg Peninsula.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Notomys aquilo. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.