Macrotarsomys petteri
Goodman & Soarimalala, 2005
Petter's 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
Authority citation
Goodman, S.M. and Soarimalala, V. 2005-06. A new species of Macrotarsomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Nesomyinae) from southwestern Madagascar. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(2):450-464.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[450:ANSOMR]2.0.CO;2Original name as described
Macrotarsomys petteri
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:176260
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2675028Type locality
"Province de Toliara, Forêt des Mikea, 16 km west Vorehy, Forêt d'Andaladomo, 22°16.0'S, 43°28.7'E, 80 m," Madagascar.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Goodman, S. M., & Soarimalala, V. (2005). A new species of Macrotarsomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Nesomyinae) from southwestern Madagascar. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118(2), 450-464.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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