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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Nesomyinae
--> GENUS Macrotarsomys
SPECIES Macrotarsomys bastardi
| Author: | Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier, 1898. | | Citation: | Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 1, 4: 179. | | Common Name: | Lesser Big-footed Mouse | | Type Locality: | Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., east of Ihosy River, near Ravori; see Carleton and Schmidt (1990:14). | | Distribution: | Dry deciduous forest and open savannah in NW, W, and S Madagascar, from the vicinity of Ankarafantsika to the island’s southernmost tip. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Ellerman (1949) described occidentalis as a subspecies; its status has yet to be critically assessed. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
occidentalis Ellerman, 1949
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