The Kimberley rock rat is a rodent of the family Muridae with the scientific name Zyzomys woodwardi. It is found only in Australia, in the northern tropical part of the Northern Territory and the adjacent Kimberley region of Western Australia, where it lives in high-altitude closed forest. Biologists have proposed that it split from a related rock rat, Zyzomys argurus, about 8,000 years ago after a large flood made the environment wetter. In the wetter conditions Zyzomys woodwardi had better fitness and outcompeted its relative, and over time the two were kept apart by large vine thickets and sandstone barriers. The species is present in the Charnley River and Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
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It is found only in Australia, specifically in the northern tropical part of the Northern Territory and adjacent Kimberley region of Western Australia, in high-altitude closed forest.
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It is found only in Australia, specifically in the northern tropical part of the Northern Territory and adjacent Kimberley region of Western Australia, in high-altitude closed forest.
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The Kimberley rock rat (Zyzomys woodwardi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
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The Kimberley rock rat (Zyzomys woodwardi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
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