Gymnuromys roberti

Forsyth Major, 1896

Sleek-furred Ground Rat

Taxonomy

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

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/19211267

Original name as described

Gymnuromys Roberti

Other common names

Voalavoanala

Type material

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Ampitambè forest," Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003756

Country distribution map

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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.

Gymnuromys Roberti

Forsyth Major, 1896

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

roberti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

324

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211267

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 (1982:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9581/22237297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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