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Brachyuromys betsileoensis
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Brachyuromys betsileoensis (Bartlett 1879)
[Brachyuromys] betsileoensis (Bartlett 1879), Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879: 770.
Type Locality: Madagascar, "S.E. Betsileo.".
Vernacular Names: Lesser Short-tailed Rat.
Distribution: Central Highlands and its eastern fringes, ca. 900-2450 m, Madagascar.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Discussion: Described as a species of Nesomys but referred to Brachyuromys by Major (1896). Occurs sympatrically with B. ramirohitra (Goodman and Rasolonandrasana, 2001).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, pp. 930-955 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/1754DB44AD431D0BCB952D53A5D6688B (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/F631B280BE4DEE333E02D800F7829538 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231525298 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Bartlett
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Nesomyidae
- Genus
- Brachyuromys
- Species
- betsileoensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Brachyuromys betsileoensis (Bartlett, 1879) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Major, C. I. F. 1896. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 18: 319 - 325.
- Goodman, S. M., and B. P. N. Rasolonandrasana. 2001. Elevational zonation of birds, insectivores, rodents and primates on the slopes of the Andrinitra Massif, Madagascar. Journal of Natural History, 35: 285 - 305.