| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | RODENTIA | MURIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Notomys fuscus | |||||||||
| Species Authority: | (Jones, 1925) | |||||||||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable B2b(iii)c(ii,iii,iv) ver 3.1 | ||||||||||||
| Year Published: | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Assessor/s: | Moseby, K.E. & Menkhorst, P. | ||||||||||||
| Reviewer/s: | Lamoreux, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) | ||||||||||||
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Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because its area of occupancy is less than 2,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat. There are also extreme fluctuations in the area of occupancy, number of locations, and number of mature individuals. |
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| Range Description: | This species is endemic to Australia, where it is now restricted to north-east South Australia, south-western Queensland, and a small area of north-western New South Wales (Lee 1995; Owens et al. 2008). It formerly also occurred over much of South Australia and southern Northern Territory (Lee 1995). |
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Native:
Australia
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| Population: | It is a rare species overall (Owens et al. 2008). This species can be eruptive along with high rainfall. The distribution is patchy within its extent of occurrence. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | It is a nocturnal species found in sand plains and sand ridges. It burrows in large sandy dunes (Lee 1995). Animals live in small groups (Owens et al. 2008). In captivity it breeds throughout the year, with one to five young being born after a gestation period of 38 to 41 days (Owens et al. 2008). It breeds after rainfall events. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | The reasons for the decline of this species are not known (Lee 1995). It can survive in severely degraded habitat. The species co-occurs with dingoes, which may control feral cat and fox populations; so, dingo control may be a threat. Populations and habitat fluctuate depending upon rainfall events. |
| Conservation Actions: | It has been recorded from the Strzelecki Regional Reserve, South Australia, and may be present in the Innamincka and in Stuart National Park (Lee 1995). Currently, this species is the focus of some research activities in New South Wales and a conservation project in South Australia. Further studies are needed into the threats and conservation measures for this species. |
| Citation: | Moseby, K.E. & Menkhorst, P. 2008. Notomys fuscus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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