Hypogeomys antimena

A. Grandidier, 1869

Giant Jumping Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, A. 1869. Description de quelques animaux nouveaux découverts, pendant l'année 1869, sur la côte ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée 21:337-342.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33749363

Original name as described

Hypogeomys antimena

Other common names

Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat · Votsovotsa

Type locality

"sur les rives du Tsidsibon [= Tsiribihina] et de l'Andranoumène [= Andranomena], deux rivières du Ménabé indépendant."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003757

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.

Hypogeomys antimena

A. Grandidier, 1869

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

antimena

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33749363

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10714/216087357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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