Zyzomys pedunculatus, Photo: Michael Barritt & Karen May
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: <a href="../Synapsida/Therapsida.html">Therapsida</a>identified from photographs as the central rock-rat. Since that time sub-populations have been found at 15 other sites over a small area of the West MacDonnell Ranges. The full range of the current distribution of the species is unknown.[10]
The Central rock rat has a national recovery plan through the Australian government, its overall objective being to stabilize the species and prevent population decreases. Specific objectives include: clarifying distribution, population size, and habitat; to create and employ management strategies of the sub-populations; maintaining captive populations; investigating the biology of captive individuals; and to increase awareness in the community. Recovery actions include establishing the sizes of sub-populations and monitoring changes in them, creating a fire strategy for known population locations, and capturing animals to add to the captive breeding program. The recovery plan also has a provision for habitat protection which would help other native species such as the common brushtail possum and the black-footed rock wallaby.[10] Beginning in 1996, after the re-discovery of the central rock-rat, a captive breeding program was set up at Alice Springs Desert Park and at the Perth Zoo. After initially introducing 14 individuals from the wild, the first generation bred successfully but the subsequent one had significant trouble, eventually leading to the death of the last male in 2011.[18] The National Recovery Plan for the Central Rock-rat in 2017 suggested to attempt another breeding program during a natural irruption phase of the wild population, for example after the heavy rainfall in the winter of 2016, so as to limit the effects on the wild numbers of the species.[19]
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Gaikhorst, G.; Lambert, C. (2009). "Breeding and maintenance of the Central rock-rat Zyzomys pedunculatus at Perth Zoo". International Zoo Yearbook. 43: 212–221. doi:10.1111/j.1748-1090.2008.00075.x.
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Old, J. M.; Connelly, L.; Francis, J.; Branch, K.; Fry, G.; Deane, E. M. (2005). "Haematology and serum biochemistry of three Australian desert murids: The Plains rat (Pseudomys australis), the Spinifex hopping-mouse (Notomys alexis) and the Central rock-rat (Zyzomys pedunculatus)". Comparative Clinical Pathology. 14 (3): 130. doi:10.1007/s00580-005-0586-y.
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