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]
Generic Combinations
- Zyzomys pedunculatus (Waite, 1896).
- Laomys pedunculatus (Waite, 1896).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Tanami (TAN)
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
Nano, T., Smith, C. & Jeffreys, E. 2003. Investigation into the diet of the central rock-rat (Zyzomys pedunculatus). Wildlife Research 30: 513-518
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)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-Dec-2010 | 10-Dec-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Feb-2023 | 10-Dec-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 10-Dec-2010 | 09-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |