Macrotarsomys ingens
Petter, 1959
Ankarafantsika Big-footed Mouse
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
Superfamily | : Muroidea |
Family | : Nesomyidae |
Subfamily | : Nesomyinae |
Genus | : Macrotarsomys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Petter, F. 1959. Un nouveau rongeur de Madagascar (Nesomyinae) : _Macrotarsomys ingens_ nov. sp\. Mammalia 23(2):139-148.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1959.23.2.139Original name as described
Macrotarsomys ingens
Other common names
Greater Big-footed Mouse · Long-tailed Big-footed Mouse
Type material
MNHN 1958-636
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"200 mètres après le village d'Ampijoroa," Madagascar.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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