Zyzomys argurus (Thomas 1889)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1520

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scientific name	Zyzomys argurus (Thomas 1889)
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[Mus] argurus Thomas 1889 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 3: 433.

Type Locality: Australia, probably Northern Territory (see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:191).

Vernacular Names: Common Australian Rock Rat.

Synonyms: Zyzomys indutus (Thomas 1909) .

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).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

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).