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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. The population fluctuates greatly: in normal years it is sparsely distributed and probably confined to sandy country; after rain the population explodes and spreads to other types of habitat for a time. They are mostly seen at night, bounding across open ground on their large hind feet, with tails extended and the body almost horizontal. ==Appearance== The appearance is very similar to the northern hopping mouse: a little larger than a common house mouse at head-body length and an average weight of . As with all hopping mice, the hind legs are greatly elongated, the fore limbs small M , and the brush-tipped tail very long—about . The fur is chestnut or fawn above, pale below, with a grey wash about the muzzle and between the eye and eCar, and longer, coarse black guard hairs on the back. The tail is sparsely furred and pink, darker above than below. Spinifex hopping mice live in small family groups of up to deep, humid burrow systems. Typically, there is a large nest chamber lined with small sticks and other plant material about a metre below the surface, from which several vertical shafts lead upwards. Shaft entrances do not have spoil heaps. Adults emerge at dusk Y and spread out individually for some hundreds of metres, on all fours when moving slowly, A on the hind legs alone at speed, foraging for seeds, roots, green shoots, and invertebrates. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「spinifex hopping mouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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