Zelotomys
Sign in to saveZelotomys is a genus of rodents in the subfamily Murinae, the Old World rats and mice. They are known commonly as the broad-headed mice. They are native to Africa. There are two species.
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Vinony's link graph records 423 inbound references to Zelotomys, and connects out to Sigmodontinae, Gerbillinae and Arvicolinae.
It is catalogued under topics including Rodent genera, Taxa named by Wilfred Hudson Osgood and Zelotomys.
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Species
Hildegarde's Broad-headed Stink Mouse
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- Family
- Muridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, AMNH, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Malawi
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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. They are native to Africa. There are two species.
==Species== Zelotomys hildegardeae – Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse Zelotomys woosnami – Woosnam's broad-headed mouse
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