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Fawn Hopping Mouse
Notomys cervinus (Gould, 1853)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The fawn hopping mouse (Notomys cervinus) is a medium sized rodent endemic to the Channel Country Bioregion of northeast South Australia and southwest Queensland in Australia. They inhabit open gibber (stony) and clay plains of the Lake Eyre basin. While the population and distribution has been greatly reduced since European settlement, the current population shows little evidence of significant decline and is consequently listed as 'Near Threatened'.
Wikipedia contributors, Fawn hopping mouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:12:03.957128+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Notomys cervinus (Gould, 1853)
- Name authority
- (Gould, 1853)
- Common name
- Fawn Hopping Mouse
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Notomys
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyMuridae Illiger, 1811
- subfamilyMurinae Illiger, 1811
- genusNotomys Lesson, 1842
- speciesNotomys cervinus (Gould, 1853)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Notomys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Spinifex Hopping MouseNotomys alexis Thomas, 1922 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed Hopping MouseNotomys longicaudatus (Gould, 1844) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Mitchell's Hopping MouseNotomys mitchellii (Ogilby, 1838) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Darling Downs Hopping MouseNotomys mordax Thomas, 1922 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Short-tailed Hopping MouseNotomys amplus Brazenor, 1936 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Dusky Hopping MouseNotomys fuscus (Wood Jones, 1925) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Big-eared Hopping MouseNotomys macrotis Thomas, 1921 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Podanomalus aistoni Brazenor, 1934 Brazenor, 1934 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585441 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:47WWW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.