Woosnam's Broad-Headed Mouse

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Woosnam's Broad-headed Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Zelotomys Species: Z. woosnami
Binomial name
Zelotomys woosnami (Schwann, 1906)

Woosnam's Broad-headed Mouse or Woosnam's Zelotomys (Zelotomys woosnami) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

[edit] References

• Coetzee, N. & Van der Straeten, E. 2004. Zelotomys woosnami. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.