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

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Cape York .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia; N Queensland and N Northern Territory (Groot Eylandt and N Arnhem Land); see map in Watts and Aslin (1981:113).

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Insufficiently known.

SYNONYMS: carpentarius .

COMMENTS: Apparently found only in coastal sand ridges around Gulf of Carpentaria.