Gregarious short-tailed rat

The gregarious short-tailed rat (Brachyuromys ramirohitra) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Gregarious short-tailed rat

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Brachyuromys
Species:
B. ramirohitra
Binomial name
Brachyuromys ramirohitra
Major, 1896
Gregarious short-tailed rat range

References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Brachyuromys ramirohitra. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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