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Zyzomys palatilis Kitchener 1989
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Zyzomys palatilis Kitchener 1989
Zyzomys palatilis Kitchener 1989, Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 14: 361.
Type Locality: Australia, Northern Territory, Echo Gorge, Wollogorang Station, 180 m (see Kitchener, 1989:361).
Vernacular Names: Carpentarian Rock Rat.
Distribution: Australia; endemic to Gulf region of Northern Territory near the border with Queensland where it appears to be restricted to monsoon rainforest on scree slopes (Churchill, 1996).
Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.
Discussion: Reviewed by Woinarski et al. (1995 b). Distribution, habitat, status, and sympatry with Z. argurus documented by Churchill (1996).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1521, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
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References
- Kitchener, D. J. 1989. Taxonomic appraisal of Zyzomys (Rodentia, Muridae) with descriptions of two new species from the Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 14: 331 - 373.
- Churchill, S. K. 1996. Distribution, habitat and status of the Carpentarian rock-rat, Zyzomys palatalis. Wildlife Research, 23: 77 - 91.
- Woinarski, J. C. Z., S. Churchill, and C. Trainor. 1995 b. Carpentarian rock-rat, Zyzomys palatalis. Pp. 623 - 624, in Mammals of Australia (R. Strahan, ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 756.