Voalavo antsahabensis

Goodman, D. Rakotondravony, Randriamanantsoa, & Rakotomalala-Razanahoera, 2005

Anjozorobe Naked-tail Forest Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Goodman, S.M., Rakotondravony, D., Randriamanantsoa, H.N. and Rakotomalala-Razanahoera, M. 2005-12. A new species of rodent from the montane forest of central eastern Madagascar (Muridae: Nesomyinae: Voalavo). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(4):863-873.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[863:ANSORF]2.0.CO;2

Original name as described

Voalavo antsahabensis

Other common names

Eastern Voalavo

Type material

UAnt DBA 45701

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Madagascar, Province d'Antananarivo, Fivondronana d'Anjozorobe, Commune Rurale d'Anjozorobe, Fokontany d'Antsahabe, Forêt d'Analamahavery, 6.3 km E Antsahabe (village), 18°24.60'S, 47°56.32'E, elevation 1425 m above sea level."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S. M., Rakotondravony, D., Randriamanantsoa, H. N., & Rakotomalala-Razanahoera, M. (2005). A new species of rodent from the montane forest of central eastern Madagascar (Muridae: Nesomyinae: Voalavo). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118(4), 863-873.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003765

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.

Voalavo antsahabensis

Goodman, D. Rakotondravony, Randriamanantsoa, & Rakotomalala-Razanahoera, 2005

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

antsahabensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UAnt DBA 45701

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

866

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #165925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #165925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/165925/22236108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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