Zyzomys

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Late Pliocene - Recent

| image = Zyzomys_pedunculatus.jpg

| image_caption = The Central rock rat (Zyzomys pedunculatus)

| taxon = Zyzomys

| authority = Thomas, 1909

| type_species = Mus argurus

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

Zyzomys argurus

Zyzomys maini

Zyzomys palatilis

Zyzomys pedunculatus

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. The genus was classified by Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas in 1909.