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.[2] They are native to Africa.
| Zelotomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Praomyini |
| Genus: | Zelotomys Osgood, 1910 |
| Type species | |
| Mus hildegardeae[1] | |
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There are two species.[3]
Species
edit- Zelotomys hildegardeae – Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse
- Zelotomys woosnami – Woosnam's broad-headed mouse
References
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- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ 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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