Voalavo gymnocaudus

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: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida 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: Voalavo
Species: Voalavo gymnocaudus

Name

Voalavo gymnocaudus Carleton & Goodman, 1998: 182

• Holotype: FMNH 154040, adult ♂, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected by S.M. Goodman on 25 November 1994.
• Type locality: “Madagascar, provinde d'Antsiranana, Réserve Spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud, 12.2 km WSW Befingitra, 1950 m; 14°44.8′S, 49°26.0′E”.

References

Primary references

• Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 1998. New Taxa of Nesomyine Rodents (Muroidea: Muridae) from Madagascar's Nnorthern Highlands, with Taxonomic Comments on Previously Described Forms. Fieldiana Zoology 90: 163–200. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Voalavo gymnocaudus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Northern Voalavo