Zelotomys
| Zelotomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
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| Woosnam's broad-headed mouse (Zelotomys woosnami) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Praomyini |
| Genus: | Zelotomys Osgood, 1910 |
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Zelotomys is a genus of rodents in the subfamily Murinae, the Old World rats and mice. They are known commonly as the broad-headed mice.[1] They are native to Africa.
There are two species.[2]
Species[]
- Zelotomys hildegardeae – Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse
- Zelotomys woosnami – Woosnam's broad-headed mouse
References[]
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- ^ Zelotomys. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ Nicolas, V., et al. (2012). Assessment of three mitochondrial genes (16S, Cytb, CO1) for identifying species in the Praomyini tribe (Rodentia: Muridae). PLoS ONE, 7(5), e36586.
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