''Zelotomys'' is a genus of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

s in the subfamily

Murinae The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families excep ...

, the Old World rats and mice. They are known commonly as the broad-headed mice. They are native to

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. There are two species.Nicolas, V., et al. (2012)
Assessment of three mitochondrial genes (16S, Cytb, CO1) for identifying species in the Praomyini tribe (Rodentia: Muridae).
''PLoS ONE'', 7(5), e36586.

Species

*'' Zelotomys hildegardeae'' – Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse *'' Zelotomys woosnami'' – Woosnam's broad-headed mouse

References

Rodent genera Taxa named by Wilfred Hudson Osgood {{Murinae-stub