Voalavo gymnocaudus
Carleton & Goodman, 1998
Northern 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
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Carleton, M.D. and Goodman, S.M. 1998. New taxa of nesomyine rodents (Muroidea: Muridae) from Madagascar's northern highlands, with taxonomic comments on previously described forms. Fieldiana Zoology 90:163-200.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2821266Original name as described
Voalavo gymnocaudus
Other common names
Naked-tailed Voalavo · Northern Voalavo
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:154040
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2652808Type locality
"Madagascar, Province d'Antsiranana, Réserve Spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud, 12.2 km WSW of Befingitra, 1950 m, 14°44.8'S, 40°26.0'E"
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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