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--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Zyzomys
SPECIES Zyzomys palatilis
Author: | Kitchener, 1989. | Citation: | Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 14: 361. | Common Name: | Carpentarian Rock Rat | Type Locality: | Australia, Northern Territory, Echo Gorge, Wollogorang Station, 180 m (see Kitchener, 1989:361). | 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). | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | Comments: | Reviewed by Woinarski et al. (1995b). Distribution, habitat, status, and sympatry with Z. argurus documented by Churchill (1996). |
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