Zelotomys woosnami

(Schwann, 1906)

Woosnam's Broad-headed Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Praomyini
Genus : Zelotomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schwann, H. 1906-06-07. A list of the mammals obtained by Messrs. R. B. Woosnam and R. E. Dent in Bechuanaland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906(1):101-111.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051430

Original name as described

Mus woosnami

Other common names

Woosnam's Zelotomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.10.1.83

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63d91680-03c0-40a2-9a1a-f54e78538581

Type locality

"Kuruman," Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003498

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mus woosnami

(Schwann, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

woosnami

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.10.1.83

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63d91680-03c0-40a2-9a1a-f54e78538581

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051430

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Roberts (1913:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Zelotomys woosnami

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

woosnami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23196/115167960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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