Notomys macrotis

– Extinct

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

RODENTIA

Family:

MURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Notomys macrotis

Species Authority:

Thomas, 1921

Common Name/s:

English	—	BIG-EARED HOPPING-MOUSE
French	—	SOURIS SAUTEUSE
Spanish	—	RATONES SALTADORES DE AUSTRALIA

Red List Category & Criteria:

EX ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Baillie, J.

Justification:

Notomys macrotis is known only from two specimens collected from southwestern Western Australia. The last specimen was collected in 1843.

History:

1982	-	Extinct (Thornback and Jenkins 1982)
1986	-	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Range Description:	The big-eared hopping mouse, Notomys macrotis was endemic to Western Australia.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Australia

Population:

It is known only from two specimens, the last being collected in 1843.

Habitat and Ecology:	Australian hopping mice inhabit sand dunes, grasslands, tree and shrub heaths, and lightly wooded areas.
System:	Terrestrial

Threats:

The reasons for the loss of this species are unknown, but may be related to predation rates by introduced predators such as foxes and domestic cats.

Citation:	Baillie, J. 1996. Notomys macrotis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2008.
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