Nature conservation

Threatened species

Dusky Hopping-mouse - Broken Hill Complex: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Notomys fuscus
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Last updated: 07 Sep 2017

Distribution of the species within this region

The Dusky Hopping-mouse is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Broken Hill Complex Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Barrier Range Known None
Barrier Range Outwash Predicted None
Mootwingee Downs Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Dusky Hopping-mouse - Broken Hill Complex is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
    • Gibber Transition Shrublands
      • 137 Whitewood - Western Rosewood low woodland of the NSW north western plains
    • Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
      • 140 Broombush shrubland in dunefields of the arid climate zone
      • 129 Cabbage-tree Wattle shrubland of the inland plains and drainage lines
      • 199 Hooked Needlewood - Needlewood - Mulga - Turpentine Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid plains
      • 143 Narrow-leaved Hopbush - Scrub Turpentine - Senna shrubland on semi-arid and arid sandplains and dunes.
      • 220 Purple Wood wattle shrubland of the arid zone sandplains
      • 124 Sandhill Wattle open shrubland on sand ridges mainly in the arid zone
      • 119 Sandplain Mulga tall shrubland - open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid climate zones
      • 232 Senna - Mulga - Needlewood open shrubland on loam-clay soils in swales and on the edges of claypans in the arid zone
      • 69 White Cypress Pine - Mulga shrubland on plains and sandplains in the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) climate zones.
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  • Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
    • Aeolian Chenopod Shrublands
      • 153 Black Bluebush low open shrubland of the alluvial plains and sandplains of the arid and semi-arid zones
      • 225 Bladder Saltbush low open chenopod shrubland of the Strzelecki dunefields of the arid climate zone
      • 222 Low Bluebush - Bladder Saltbush open shrubland of the arid zone
      • 154 Pearl Bluebush low open shrubland of the arid and semi-arid plains
      • 151 Sandhill Cane Grass hummock grassland on siliceous sands on dune crests of the arid zone
    • Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
      • 156 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on stony plains and downs of the arid zone
      • 155 Bluebush shrubland on stony rises and downs in the arid and semi-arid zones
      • 224 Cotton Bush - copperburr open shrubland of the arid climate zone
      • 167 Kerosene Grass - Mulka grass - short grassland/forbland of the arid zone
      • 136 Prickly Wattle open shrubland of drainage lines on stony rises and plains of the arid climate zone
    • Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
      • 157 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on alluvial plains in the semi-arid (warm) zone including Riverina Bioregion
      • 163 Dillon Bush (Nitre Bush) shrubland of the semi-arid and arid zones