Notomys longicaudatus (Gould, 1844) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844:104.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Western Australia, Moore River .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia; Western Australia and Northern Territory (see Watts and Aslin, 1981:107).

STATUS: IUCN - Extinct.

SYNONYMS: sturti .

COMMENTS: No living animals have either been seen or trapped since 1901, and the species is apparently extinct (Watts and Aslin, 1981). Male reproductive anatomy and spermatozoal morphology is described by Breed (1990).