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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Nesomyinae
--> GENUS Brachyuromys
SPECIES Brachyuromys ramirohitra
| Author: | Major, 1896. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 323. | | Common Name: | Greater Short-tailed Rat | | Type Locality: | Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., 6 hours SE Fandriana, Ampitambe forest. | | Distribution: | Isolated records, ca. 900-1990 m, in highlands of N and C Madagascar. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Extent poorly documented, but recent records paint a broader distribution in the Central Highlands (Soarimalala et al., 2001) as well as its presumably isolated occurrence in the Northern Highlands (Jansa and Carleton, 2003b). |
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