NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Zyzomys

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Sublass:	Eutheria
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Muroidea
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Zyzomys

Species

Zyzomys argurus
Zyzomys maini
Zyzomys palatilis
Zyzomys penduculatus
Zyzomys woodwardi

Zyzomys is a genus of rodents with unusually thick, long tails. Five species of the genus are known in Australia, where they are called rock rats or thick-tailed rats.

FAMILY MURIDAE
- Subfamily Murinae
  - Genus Zyzomys
    - Common Rock Rat, Zyzomys argurus
    - Arnhem Land Rock Rat, Zyzomys maini
    - Carpentarian Rock Rat, Zyzomys palatilis
    - Central Rock Rat, Zyzomys penduculatus
    - Kimberley Rock Rat, Zyzomys woodwardi
  - (Many other genera)
- (Many other subfamilies)

External links

Walker's "Mammals of the world" (http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/rodentia/rodentia.muridae.zyzomys.html)

Categories: Rodents | Stub

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