Zyzomys pedunculatus

(E. R. Waite, 1896)

Central Australian Rock Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Zyzomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waite, E.R. 1896. Muridae. Pp. 393-409, pls 25-26 in Spencer, B. (ed.) Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Pt 2. Zoology. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen & Slade.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57973854

Original name as described

Conilurus pedunculatus

Other common names

Central Rock Rat · MacDonnell Ranges Rock Rat

Type material

AM M.1064

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003330

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Conilurus pedunculatus

(E. R. Waite, 1896)

Family

Muridae

Root name

pedunculatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.1064

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

395

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57973854

Authority publication

Melbourne

Name usages

Waite (1898:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8361821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66096)

Conilurus pedunculatus var. brachyotis

(E. R. Waite, 1896)

Family

Muridae

Root name

brachyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.1065

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

397

Authority publication

Melbourne

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Zyzomys (Laomys) pedunculatus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

pedunculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

266

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:559, 560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23324/22456932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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