Notomys Lesson, 1842

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 635

Notomys Lesson, 1842 . Nouv. Tabi. Regne Anim. Mammifères, p. 129.

TYPE SPECIES: Dipus mitchellii Ogilby, 1838 .

SYNONYMS: Ascopharynx , Podanomalus , Thylacomys .

COMMENTS: Member of the Australian Old Endemics ( Musser, 1981c:167), which includes the Conilurini where Baverstock (1984) placed Notomys . Gross and microscopical anatomy of neck glands described by Watts (1975); morphological variation in female reproductive tract documented by Breed (1985); morphology of male reproductive tract, glans penis, and spermatozoa described by Breed (1980, 1984, 1986), Breed and Sarafis (1978), and Morrissey and Breed (1982); results of electrophoretic studies presented by Baverstock et al. (1977b, 1981); chromosomal evolution and G-banding homologies addressed by Baverstock et al. (1977 c, e, 1983b). Mahoney and Richardson (1988) cataloged references to taxonomy, distribution, and biology of the species. Members of Notomys form a monophyletic group diagnosed by a suite of distinctive morphological and genic traits; closest phylogenetic relatives are species of Pseudomys (see Lidicker and Brylski, 1987, and references therein; Watts et al., 1992).