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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

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 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM11031
Submitted: 15 August 2011  Accepted: 17 November 2011   Published: 20 January 2012


 
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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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