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--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Nesomyinae
--> GENUS Gymnuromys
SPECIES Gymnuromys roberti
Author: | Major, 1896. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 324. | Common Name: | Voalavoanala | Type Locality: | Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Ampitambe forest. | Distribution: | E Madagascar humid forest, 500-1625 m, from the Northern Highlands, along the eastern flank of the central highlands, to the southern limits of the Anosyenne Mountains. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Some have voiced concern that populations of G. roberti are being supplanted by introduced Rattus (see Carleton and Schmidt, 1990; Goodman, 1995). |
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