Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Nesomyinae
Genus: Brachyuromys
Species: Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Name

Brachyuromys ramirohitra Forsyth Major, 1896: 323

• Holotype: BMNH, ♂. [lost fide Larsen (1985)]
• Type locality: “Ampitambè forest, Betsimisaraka country (on the border of N.E. Betsileo), 6 hours S.E. of Fandriana”.
• Paratype: LIVCM-A19.4.98.24, ♂, skin, skull and skeleton.

References

Primary references

• Forsyth Major, C.I. 1896. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 18(106): 318–325. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Kennerley, R. 2016. IUCN: Brachyuromys ramirohitra  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T2998A22234363. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T2998A22234363.en. Accessed on 03 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Greater Short-tailed Rat