Species of rodent
Woosnam's broad-headed mouse |
Conservation status |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Zelotomys |
Species: | Z. woosnami |
Binomial name |
Zelotomys woosnami
(Schwann, 1906) |
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Woosnam's broad-headed mouse or Woosnam's zelotomys (Zelotomys woosnami) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1520. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (Colomys–Golunda)
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Colomys Division | Colomys | - African wading rat (C. goslingi)
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Nilopegamys | - Ethiopian amphibious rat (N. plumbeus)
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Zelotomys (Stink mice) | - Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse (Z. hildegardeae)
- Woosnam's broad-headed mouse (Z. woosnami)
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Crunomys Division | Crunomys | - Celebes shrew-rat (C. celebensis)
- Northern Luzon shrew-rat (C. fallax)
- Mindanao shrew-rat (C. melanius)
- Katanglad shrew-mouse (C. suncoides)
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Sommeromys | - Sommer's Sulawesi rat (S. macrorhinos)
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Dacnomys Division | Anonymomys | - Mindoro climbing rat (A. mindorensis)
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Chiromyscus | - Fea's tree rat (C. chiropus)
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Dacnomys | - Millard's rat (D. millardi)
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Leopoldamys (Long-tailed giant rats) | - Sundaic mountain leopoldamys (L. ciliatus)
- Diwangkara's long-tailed giant rat (L. diwangkarai)
- Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (L. edwardsi)
- Millet's leopoldamys (L. milleti)
- Neill's long-tailed giant rat (L. neilli)
- Long-tailed giant rat (L. sabanus)
- Mentawai long-tailed giant rat (L. siporanus)
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Niviventer (White-bellied rats) | - Anderson's white-bellied rat (N. andersoni)
- Brahma white-bellied rat (N. brahma)
- Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat (N. cameroni)
- Chinese white-bellied rat (N. confucianus)
- Coxing's white-bellied rat (N. coninga)
- Dark-tailed tree rat (N. cremoriventer)
- Oldfield white-bellied rat (N. culturatus)
- Smoke-bellied rat (N. eha)
- Large white-bellied rat (N. excelsior)
- Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat (N. fraternus)
- Chestnut white-bellied rat (N. fulvescens)
- Limestone rat (N. hinpoon)
- Lang Bian white-bellied rat (N. langbianis)
- Narrow-tailed white-bellied rat (N. lepturus)
- Hainan white-bellied rat (N. lotipes)
- White-bellied rat (N. niviventer)
- Long-tailed mountain rat (N. rapit)
- Tenasserim white-bellied rat (N. tenaster)
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Saxatilomys | - Paulina's limestone rat (S. paulinae)
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Srilankamys | |
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Tonkinomys | - Daovantien's limestone rat (T. daovantieni)
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Dasymys Division | Dasymys (Shaggy swamp rats) | - Glover Allen's dasymys (D. alleni)
- Crawford-Cabral's shaggy rat (D. cabrali)
- Fox's shaggy rat (D. foxi)
- African marsh rat (D. incomtus)
- Montane shaggy rat (D. montanus)
- Angolan marsh rat (D. nudipes)
- Robert's shaggy rat (D. robertsii)
- West African shaggy rat (D. rufulus)
- Rwandan shaggy rat (D. rwandae)
- D. shortridgei
- Tanzanian shaggy rat (D. sua)
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Echiothrix Division | Echiothrix | - Central Sulawesi echiothrix (E. centrosa)
- Northern Sulawesi echiothrix (E. leucura)
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Golunda Division | Golunda | - Indian bush rat (G. ellioti)
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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