Nesomys rufus

W. C. H. Peters, 1870

Red Forest Rat

Also as Eastern Red Forest Rat, Rufous Nesomys.
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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:28 June 1988Description:Also as Eastern Red Forest Rat, Rufous Nesomys.

Distribution :

Broadly distributed in montane forest, 900-2300 m, from the Northern Highlands to the southern Anosyenne Mtns, E Madagascar.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3420

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

Peters, W.C.H. 1870. Über eine neue Gattung der Murinen aus Madagascar. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1870:54-55.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8794995

Original name as described

Nesomys rufus

Other common names

Eastern Red Forest Rat · Rufous Nesomys

Type material

ZMB 3853

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

‘‘Ein getrocknetes männliches Exemplar aus Vohima, " Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003764

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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.

Nesomys rufus

W. C. H. Peters, 1870

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3853

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Vohima

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8794995

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:510, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1939:318, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14671/22237658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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