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Hopping Mice
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Hopping Mice

Notomys

A hopping mouse is any of about ten different Australian native mice in the genus Notomys. They are rodents, not marsupials, and their ancestors are thought to have arrived from Asia about 5 million years ago.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Spinifex Hopping Mouse

speciesNotomys alexis

Dusky Hopping Mouse

speciesNotomys fuscus

Mitchell's Hopping Mouse

speciesNotomys mitchellii

Fawn Hopping Mouse

speciesNotomys cervinus

Northern Hopping Mouse

speciesNotomys aquilo

Broad-cheeked Hopping Mouse

speciesNotomys robustus

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

speciesNotomys mordax

Short-tailed Hopping Mouse

speciesNotomys amplus

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

speciesNotomys macrotis

Long-tailed Hopping Mouse

speciesNotomys longicaudatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45109.