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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Zelotomys
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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