Notomys mitchellii (Ogilby 1838)

[Dipus] mitchellii Ogilby 1838, Lond. Edinb. Philos. Mag. J. Sci., 12: 96.

Type Locality: Australia, Victoria, about 12 km SE Lake Boga (see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:169).

Vernacular Names: Mitchell's Hopping Mouse.

Synonyms: Notomys alutacea Brazenor 1934; Notomys gouldi (Gould 1863); Notomys richardsonii (Gray 1844) .

Distribution: Australia; S Western Australia, S South Australia, and W Victoria (Bennett and Lumsden, 1995:213; Robinson et al., 2000; Watts, 1995 c:579; Watts and Aslin, 1981:118); once occurred in SW New South Wales but is now apparently extinct there (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:170).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: The largest living species of Notomys; reviewed by Watts and Aslin (1981) and Watts (1995 c).