Saturday, February 24, 2018

COMMON ROCK RAT

Photographed at Black Mountain, near Cooktown, Queensland, February 2018
101                COMMON ROCK RAT               Zyzomys argurus

AUSTRALIAN              101

Widespread across n Australia in four separate regions: Pilbara and Barrow Island (WA); Kimberley-Top End- Mt Isa; Tully Range (Q); e coast Q from Charlotte Bay to Ayr and Carnarvon. Typically associated with fractured rocky outcrops or scree slopes with vegetation with monsoon forest elements. Nocturnal, sheltering in rocks in day. Omnivorous, eats seeds, plant stems, some insects and fungi.





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