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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Spinifex Hopping Mouse being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Jaculus jaculus
- Dipodomys merriami
- Dipodomys ordii
- Orientallactaga sibirica
- Dipodomys spectabilis
- Sminthopsis crassicaudata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Notomys
- Species
- Notomys alexis
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