Zelotomys
Zelotomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
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Zelotomys woosnami | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Genus: | Zelotomys Osgood, 1910 |
Species | |
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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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