HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Nesomyinae
--> GENUS Brachytarsomys
SPECIES Brachytarsomys villosa
Author: | F. Petter, 1962. | Citation: | Mammalia, 26: 570. | Common Name: | Hairy-tailed Antsangy | Type Locality: | Description based on a specimen held in captivity in the "Vivarium de Tsimbazaza;" type locality requires formal restriction. | Distribution: | So far recorded only from the western slopes of the Anjanaharibe-Sud Massif, N Madagascar. | Comments: | Named as a subspecies by F. Petter (1962a) based on a zoo specimen, but Carleton and Schmidt (1990) suggested that villosa is a distinct species. Rediscovered in the wild by Goodman et al. (2001b) and contrasted to B. albicauda; distributional limits unknown. |
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