Zyzomys palatilis Kitchener 1989

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).