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Species Zyzomys pedunculatus (Waite, 1896)

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Species Zyzomys pedunculatus (Waite, 1896)

Central Rock-rat

  • Conilurus pedunculatus Waite, E.R. 1896. Muridae. 393-409 pls 25-26 in Spencer, B. (ed.). Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Pt 2.— Zoology. Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade [395].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) AM M1064 skin (skull not extracted; specimen A of Waite), Alice Springs, NT; SAMA M2437 ♂ skull (specimen B of Waite) skin (not found in SAMA), Alice Springs, NT; NMV C7806 (=57122=R12316) ♂ skin (wet, skull not extracted), Alice Springs, NT; BMNH 97.1.8.4 ♂ skin (wet, skull not extracted), Alice Springs, NT; BMNH 97.1.8.5 ♀ skin (wet) & skull, Alice Springs, NT.
  • Conilurus pedunculatus brachyotis Waite, E.R. 1896. Muridae. 393-409 pls 25-26 in Spencer, B. (ed.). Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Pt 2.— Zoology. Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade [397].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) AM M1065 ♀ skin (skull not extracted), specimen G of Waite, Illamurta, James Range, NT; SAMA M2412 ♂ skull, specimen F of Waite, Illamurta, James Range, NT; whereabouts unknown skin (not found in SAMA), Illamurta, James Range, NT.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [191]

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Tanami (TAN)

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: W plateau
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Very rare.

 

General References

Finlayson, H.H. 1941. On Central Australian mammals. Part II The Muridae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65: 215-232 pls 10-13

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

Lee, A.K. 1995. The Action Plan for Australian Rodents. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 62 pp.

Nano, T., Smith, C. & Jeffreys, E. 2003. Investigation into the diet of the central rock-rat (Zyzomys pedunculatus). Wildlife Research 30: 513-518

Watts, C.H.S. & Aslin, H.J. 1981. The Rodents of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 321 pp. 16 pls

Wurst, D. 1995. Central Rock-rat Zyzomys pedunculatus. pp. 624-625 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Central Rock-rat)