Nesomys lambertoni
G. Grandidier, 1929
Lamberton's Forest Rat
Location:Madagascar, Melaky region (formerly part of Mahajanga province), Antsalova district, Tsingy de Bemaraha National ParkDate taken:Oct 10, 2023
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7676
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily | : Nesomyinae |
| Genus | : Nesomys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Grandidier, G. 1929. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Nesomys, le N. lambertoni, G. Grand. Bulletin de l'Académie malgache (n.s.)11:95-99.
Original name as described
Nesomys lambertoni
Other common names
Western Nesomys · Western Red Forest Rat
Type material
MCZ:Mamm:45941, MNHN-ZM-MO-1961-106
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45941Type locality
type locality not given. Identified by M. D. Carleton and colleagues in 2014 as "Mahajanga Province (former), Melaky Région, Antsalova District, tsingy habitat at the western margin of the Bemaraha Massif and east of Antsalova."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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Names and synonyms
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Total: 1 name and synonym.
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