Bibliography for Zyzomys argurus (Thomas, 1889)

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• 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
• Bradley, A.J., Kemper, C.M., Kitchener, D.J., Humphreys, W.F., How, R.A. & Schmitt, L.H. 1988. Population ecology and physiology of the common rock rat, Zyzomys argurus (Rodentia, Muridae) in tropical northwestern Australia. Journal of Mammalogy 69: 749-764
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• Thomas, O. 1889. Description of a new species of Mus from South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 3: 433-435
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• Weaver, H.J. & Smales, L.R. 2009. The parasite assemblages of Zyzomys argurus (Thomas, 1889) (Muridae : Murinae) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 57: 429-432

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