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GBIF·2438588speciesAnimalia392 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyNesomyidae
  6. ›genusNesomys
Nesomys rufus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Rufous Nesomys

Nesomys rufus Peters, 1870

Also calledGewone Madagascarrat (nld) · Nésomys roux (fra) · Ratto rosso del Madagascar orientale (ita) · Rote Inselratte (deu) · Rote Madagassische Inselratte (deu) · křeček madagaskarský (ces) · madagaskarinpunarotta (fin) · malgaszomysz rdzawa (pol) · Зайцегубый хомяк (rus) · アカアシナガマウス (jpn)

First described in: Sitb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin p.55

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

COMMENTS: Ellerman (1941, 1949 a) listed audeberti and lambertoni as species as described, but Petter (1972 c, 1975 a) arranged them as subspecies of N. rufus. Carleton and Schmidt (1990) indicated that each will stand as a species upon revision.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: Broadly distributed in N and E forest (audeberti and rufus), and one locality in WC Madagascar (lambertoni).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

discussion

COMMENT: Includes audeberti and lambertoni; see Petter, 1975, Part 6.2: 3.

Order Rodentia (Part 3)

activity

Activity patterns. The Red Forest Rat is diurnal and terrestrial, tending to be crepuscular. It lives in complex underground burrow systems, with numerous holes and often placed in root complexes. Burrows have sections with freshly clipped plant material and sleeping chambers with finer plant material. It is preyed on by snakes (boas and the genus Pseudoxyrhopus) and carnivores such as the Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans) and the Fosa (Cryproproctaferox).

Nesomyidae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438588.