Northern hopping mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern hopping mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Notomys aquilo
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the northern hopping mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern hopping mouse in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the northern hopping mouse endangered?

The northern hopping mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the northern hopping mouse?

The northern hopping mouse (Notomys aquilo) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Notomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern hopping mouse

The northern hopping mouse (Notomys aquilo) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is also known as woorrentinta, from Lardil, the language of Mornington Island.

It is found only in coastal northern Australia, from Arnhem Land to the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia. The only known population is in the Anindilyakwa Indigenous Protected Area on Groote Eylandt. There have two former sightings in inland central Arnhem Land and in Cape York in Queensland 120 years ago, both single recordings. Its population has not been yet been determined. It is classified as vulnerable.

The mouse weighs 25 to 50 grams and is brown above and white below. Its long tail measures 150% of its body length and it has long hind feet up to 4 centimeters long.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern hopping mouse (revision 1360101778), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q199308 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).