Gymnuromys roberti

Forsyth Major, 1896

Sleek-furred Ground Rat

Also as Voalavoanala.
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Location:Madagascar, Vatovavy region (formerly part of Fianarantsoa province), Ranomafana National Park, 0.5km from Ambdiamontana, 7 km west of Ranomafana (21o 15'S; 47o 26'E)Date taken:1 July 1988Description:Also as Voalavoanala.

Distribution :

E Madagascar humid forest, 500-1625 m, from the Northern Highlands, along the eastern flank of the central highlands, to the southern limits of the Anosyenne Mountains.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3418

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1896-10-01. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(106):318-325.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211267

Original name as described

Gymnuromys Roberti

Other common names

Voalavoanala

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.140

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/de695a34-a26c-407e-9354-44fc417add03

Type locality

"Ampitambè forest, " Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003756

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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: 1 name and synonym.

Gymnuromys Roberti

Forsyth Major, 1896

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

roberti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.140

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Ampitambè forest

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/de695a34-a26c-407e-9354-44fc417add03

Authority page

324

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211267

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 (1939:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9581/22237297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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