Species Zyzomys woodwardi (Thomas, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Laomys woodwardi Thomas, O. 1909. On the N. Australian rats referred to the genus Mesembriomys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 3: 372-374 [373].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 9.2.16.3 ♀ skin & skull, rough stony range, Parry Creek, 5 miles W of Trig Station HJ9, East Kimberley, WA 100 ft (skin label); Trig Station HJ9 is located at 15º34´24.69˜S 128º20´47.01˜E.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, granivore, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Restricted to rocky habitats.

 

General References

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S. & Hogarth, J.T. 1977. Chromosome evolution in Australian rodents I. The Pseudomyinae, the Hydromyinae and the Uromys/Melomys Group. Chromosoma (Berlin) 61: 95-125

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S., Adams, M. & Cole, S.R. 1981. Genetical relationships among Australian rodents (Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 289-303

Begg, R.J. 1981. The small mammals of Little Nourlangie Rock, N.T. IV. Ecology of Zyzomys woodwardi, the Large Rock-rat, and Z. argurus, the Common Rock-rat, (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Wildlife Research 8: 307-320

Begg, R.J. & Dunlop, C.H. 1985. The diets of the large rock-rat, Zyzomys woodwardi, and the common rock-rat, Z. argurus (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Wildlife Research 12: 19-24

Begg, R.J. & Dunlop, C.R. 1980. Security eating, and diet in the Large Rock-rat, Zyzomys woodwardi (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Wildlife Research 7: 63-70

Breed, W.J. & Sarafis, V. 1979. On the phylogenetic significance of spermatozoal morphology and male reproductive tract anatomy in Australian rodents. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 103: 127-135

Calaby, J.H. & Taylor, J.M. 1983. Breeding in wild populations of the Australian rock rats, Zyzomys argurus and Z. woodwardi. Journal of Mammalogy 64: 610-616

Fleming, M.R. & McKenzie, N.L. 1995. Kimberley Rock-rat Zyzomys woodwardi. pp. 626-627 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Friend, G.R., Morris, K.D. & McKenzie, N.L. 1991. The mammal fauna of Kimberley rainforests. pp. 393-412 in McKenzie, N.L., Johnston, R.B. & Kendrick, P.G. (eds). Kimberley Rainforests. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 490 pp.

Kemper, C.M., Kitchener, D.J., Humphreys, W.F. & How, R.A. 1987. Small mammals of the Mitchell Plateau region, Kimberley, Western Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 397-414

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

Kitchener, D.J., Keller, L.E., Chapman, A., McKenzie, N.L., Start, A.N. & Kenneally, K.F. 1981. Observations on Mammals of the Mitchell Plateau area, Kimberley, Western Australia. pp. 123–169 in, Biological Survey of Mitchell Plateau and Admiralty Gulf, Kimberley, Western Australia. Papers resulting from a joint field expedition to Mitchell Plateau, Kimberley, by the Western Australia Museum, Perth, and the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, U.S.A., 1976–1977. 274 pp.

Morrissey, B.L. & Breed, W.G. 1982. Variation in external morphology of the glans penis of Australian native rodents. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 495-502

Watts, C.H.S. 1982. Australian hydromyine rodents: maintenance of captive colonies. pp. 180-184 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.

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

 

Common Name References

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

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [113] (Kimberley Rock-rat)