Zelotomys

Zelotomys; Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
	Woosnam's broad-headed mouse (Zelotomys woosnami)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Zelotomys; Osgood, 1910
Species
	2

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

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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[1] Zelotomys. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

[2] 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.