Notomys aquilo Thomas 1921

Notomys aquilo Thomas 1921, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 8: 540.

Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Cape York.

Vernacular Names: Northern Hopping Mouse.

Synonyms: Notomys carpentarius Johnson 1959 .

Distribution: Australia; N Queensland and N Northern Territory (Groote Eylandt and N Arnhem Land); Watts and Aslin (1981:113).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Found only in three coastal or near-coastal areas of ridges around the Gulf of Carpentaria (Flannery, 1995 c). Distribution, habitat, and conservation status of N. aquilo documented by Woinarski et al. (1999).