sighting of the species. See also Hopping mouse, jerboa, jumping mouse, kangaroo mouse, kangaroo rat and springhare - rodents similar in body plan and locomotion, examples of convergence References Dasyuromorphs Mammals of New South Wales Mammals of Queensland Mammals of South Australia Mammals of the Northern Territory Mammals of Western Australia Marsupials of Australia Mammals described in 1856 Taxa named by John Gould