Brachyuromys betsileoensis

(E. Bartlett, 1880)

Small Short-tailed Rat

Also as Betsileo Short-tailed Rat, Lesser Short-tailed Rat.
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Location:Madagascar, Haute Matsiatra region (formerly part of Fianarantsoa province), 3 km NNW of Vohiparara (21o 13'S; 47o 22'E)Date taken:11 July 1988Description:Also as Betsileo Short-tailed Rat, Lesser Short-tailed Rat.

Distribution :

Central Highlands and its eastern fringes, ca. 900-2450 m, Madagascar.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3415

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bartlett, E. 1880-04. Second list of mammals and birds collected by Mr. Thomas Waters in Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879(4):767-773.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28521952

Original name as described

Nesomys betsileoensis

Other common names

Betsileo Short-tailed Rat · Lesser Short-tailed Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1880.5.7.1, BMNH:Mamm:1880.5.7.2

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8a221156-60cc-4c73-b65f-6566fa408bb7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb4fb7a3-192d-4543-84a2-44bb24ab9d71

Type locality

"S.E. Betsileo, " Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003741

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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.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Nesomys betsileoensis

E. Bartlett, 1880

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

betsileoensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.5.7.1, BMNH:Mamm:1880.5.7.2

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8a221156-60cc-4c73-b65f-6566fa408bb7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb4fb7a3-192d-4543-84a2-44bb24ab9d71

Authority page

770

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28521952

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Brachyuromys betsileonensis:

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

betsileonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

510

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435054

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:510, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1939:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Nesomys betsileonensis:

G. Grandidier, 1929

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

betsileonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie malgache

Brachyuromys betsiloensis:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

betsiloensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

158

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Brachyuromys betsileoensis:

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

betsileoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2997/22234256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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