Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Forsyth Major, 1896

Large Short-tailed Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1896-10-01. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(106):318-325.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211266

Original name as described

Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Other common names

Greater Short-tailed Rat · Gregarious Short-tailed Rat

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Ampitambè forest, Betsimisaraka country (on the border of N.E. Betsileo), 6 hours S.E. of Fandriana."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003742

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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.

Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Forsyth Major, 1896

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

ramirohitra

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

323

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211266

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2998/22234363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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