Long-tailed hopping mouse

The long-tailed Hüpfmaus ( Notomys longicaudatus ) is an extinct rodent from the genus of Australian Hüpfmäuse ( Notomys ). The Aborigines called them koolawa. She was formerly widely used in the dry regions in southern and central Australia. The back was sandy brown, the underside white. The tail was on the upper side and light brown on the underside white with a dark fuzz. The head-body length was 110-160 mm, tail length 160-205 mm, the Hinterfußlänge 40 to 45 mm, the ear length 24 to 28 mm. It reached a weight of 100 g So it was one of the largest Hüpfmausarten. The females had four teats. About their life little is known. They obviously preferred solid, loamy soil, therein to dig their holes. Although she likes to fed on raisins, they asked no plague to the memory of the settlers; they were discovered in 1843 by the naturalist John Gilbert. Until the last confirmed evidence in 1901 only a handful of specimens were caught. She survived but probably much longer, since one in 1977 Gewölle an owl found skull fragments and then assigned this type.

Two specimens are in the World Museum Liverpool.