Common Australian Rock Rat
Zyzomys argurus (Thomas, 1889)
Also calledGemeineDickschwanzratte (deu) · Zyzomys a queue d'argent (fra) · pohjoisaustralianrotta (fin) · skałoskakun srebrnoogonowy (pol) · skálomyš obecná (ces) · Серебрянохвостая крыса (rus) · オブトイワバネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6 vol.3 p.433
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Patterns of allozymic comparisons between populations discordant with chromosomal differences (Baverstock et al., 1977 d). Reviewed by Watts and Aslin (1981) and Fleming (1995 a); also see Churchill (1996).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Northern Australia; always in rocky outcrops in Pilbara region of Western Australia through Kimberleys to N coastal Queensland between Cooktown and Townsville; also on offshore islands (Fleming, 1995 a: 621; Watts and Aslin, 1981: 138).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Australia, probably Northern Territory (see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988: 191).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Electrophoretic comparisons between populations discordant with chromosomal differences (Baverstock et al., 1977 d).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439331.