A new record of the dusky hopping mouse (Notomys fuscus) in New South Wales
J. Val A C , T. Mazzer B and D. Shelly B
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A Scientific Services Division, Office of Environment and Heritage, 32 Enterprise Way, Buronga, NSW 2739, Australia.
B Scientific Services Division, Office of Environment and Heritage, 209 Cobra Street, Dubbo, NSW 2830, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: james.val@environment.nsw.gov.au
Australian Mammalogy 34(2) 257-259 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM11031
Submitted: 15 August 2011 Accepted: 17 November 2011 Published: 20 January 2012
Abstract
The dusky hopping mouse, Notomys fuscus, is a desert rodent that occurs in the Simpson Strzelecki Dunefield Bioregion in Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales, where stabilised sand dunes are its preferred habitat. A recent capture from the Broken Hill Complex Bioregion in an atypical habitat (bluebush shrubland) and new locality ~170 km south of the nearest New South Wales record may indicate a significant population eruption and subsequent migration into new areas following the widespread ephemeral and perennial plant production pulse that occurred in 2010.
Additional keywords: arid zone, resource pulses, rodent, Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields Bioregion.
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