Voalavo antsahabensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Nesomyinae
Genus: Voalavo
Species: Voalavo antsahabensis

Name

• Voalavo antsahabensis Goodman, Rakotondravony, Randriamanantsoa & Rakotomalala-Razanahoera, 2005: 866

Holotype: UADBA 45701, adult ♀, skin, skull and partial postcranial skeleton.

Type locality: “Madagascar: Province d’Antananarivo, Fivondronana d’Anjozorobe, Commune Rurale d’Anjozorobe, Fokontany d’Antsahabe, Forêt d’Analamahavery, 6.3 km E Antsahabe (village), 8824.609S, 47856.329E, elevation 1425 m above sea level.”

References

Primary references

• Goodman, S.M., Rakotondravony, D., Randriamanantsoa, H.N. & Rakotomalala-Razanahoera, M. 2005. A new species of rodent from the montane forest of central eastern Madagascar (Muridae: Nesomyinae: Voalavo). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118: 863–873.

Links

• IUCN: Voalavo antsahabensis  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Voalavo