Monticolomys koopmani

Carleton & Goodman, 1996

Koopman's Forest Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Carleton, M.D. and Goodman, S.M. 1996. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): a new genus and species from the central highlands. Fieldiana Zoology 85:231-256.

Original name as described

Monticolomys koopmani

Other common names

Koopman's Montane Voalavo · Malagasy Mountain Mouse

Type material

AMNH M-100727

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Madagascar, Antananarivo Province, Manjakatompo, 1800 m, ca. 19°20'S, 47°26'E."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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