Zyzomys palatilis Kitchener 1989

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 : 1521

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scientific name	Zyzomys palatilis Kitchener 1989
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Zyzomys palatilis Kitchener 1989 , Rec. West. Aust. Mus ., 14: 361.

Type Locality: Australia, Northern Territory, Echo Gorge, Wollogorang Station, 180 m (see Kitchener, 1989:361).

Vernacular Names: Carpentarian Rock Rat.

Distribution: Australia; endemic to Gulf region of Northern Territory near the border with Queensland where it appears to be restricted to monsoon rainforest on scree slopes ( Churchill, 1996).

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Reviewed by Woinarski et al. (1995 b). Distribution, habitat, status, and sympatry with Z. argurus documented by Churchill (1996).