Genus Zyzomys Thomas, 1909

Museums

Regional Maps

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

  Type species:

   Mus argurus Thomas, 1889 by original designation.
• Laomys 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 species:

   Laomys woodwardi Thomas, 1909 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ellerman, J.R. 1949. The Families and Genera of Living Rodents. With a list of named forms (1758–1936) by R.W. Hayman and G.W.C. Holt. London : British Museum Vol. 3(1) vi 210 pp. [25-26]
• 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] [190]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Dec-2010		10-Dec-2010	MOVED
04-Feb-2023		10-Dec-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)