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SPECIES Zelotomys woosnami

Author:Schwann, 1906.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1906: 108.
Common Name:Woosnam’s Zelotomys
Type Locality:S Botswana, Molopo River.
Distribution:A Southern African Subregion endemic ranging from N South Africa (Northern Cape Province) through N and W Botswana (Smithers, 1971) to E and N Namibia (de Graaff, 1997f; Skinner and Smithers, 1990).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Past taxonomic allocations (in Ochromys) have been with Aethomys, Rattus, and Thallomys (D. H. S. Davis, 1965; Ellerman, 1941; Meester et al., 1986, and references therein). Graminivorous and carnivorous, terrestrial, nocturnal, and inhabiting arid savanna biome in southern Africa (de Graaff, 1981; Mugo et al., 1995). Excellent reviews of distribution, ecology, and morphological traits provided by Skinner and Smithers (1990) and de Graaff (1981, 1997f).
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