Spinifex hopping mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the spinifex hopping mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the spinifex 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 spinifex hopping mouse endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the spinifex hopping mouse?

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

About the spinifex hopping mouse

The spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis), also known as the tarkawara or tarrkawarra, occurs throughout the central and western Australian arid zones, occupying both spinifex-covered sand flats and stabilised sand dunes, and loamy mulga and melaleuca flats.

The population fluctuates greatly: in normal years it is sparsely distributed and probably confined to sandy country; after rain the population explodes and spreads to other types of habitat for a time.

They are mostly seen at night, bounding across open ground on their large hind feet, with tails extended and the body almost horizontal.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Spinifex hopping mouse (revision 1372665666), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1060476 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).