Brachytarsomys villosus

Petter, 1962

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Nesomyidae
Subfamily : Nesomyinae
Genus : Brachytarsomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Petter, F. 1962-01-01. Un nouveau rongeur malgache: _Brachytarsomys albicauda villosa_ subsp. nov. Mammalia 26(4):570-572.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm-1962-0413

Original name as described

Brachytarsomys albicauda villosa

Other common names

Hairy-tailed Antsangy

Type material

MNHN 1961-221

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Vivarium de Tsimbazaza [= Parc botanique et zoologique de Tsimbazaza]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003740

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Brachytarsomys albicauda villosa

Petter, 1962

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

villosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1961-221

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

570

Authority publication

Mammalia

Brachytarsomys villosa

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

villosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136399/22237177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Brachytarsomys villosus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

villosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

185

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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