Greater Short-tailed Rat
Brachyuromys ramirohitra Forsyth Major, 1896
Also calledGrand Ramirohitra (fra) · Grol (deu) · Große Madagassische Kurzschwanzratte (deu) · krótkogon nornikowaty (pol) · křeček hrabošovitý (ces) · madagaskarinylänkörotta (fin) · Рамирохитра (rus) · ラミロヒトラアシナガマウス (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6 vol.18 p.323
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Attributed material: Lower Stratum: 1 skull fragment and 2 left mandibles; see Appendix. These specimens are at a relatively advanced stage of wear and are comparatively large for the species. On the M 1 one can see three oblique lophs and a slight trace of a longitudinal link between the first and second lophs (Figure 2). On the lower molars the lophs are also very oblique and there is only a slight trace of the longitudinal link between the second and third lophs of m 1. The molar row length and width of M 1 fits well with modern specimens (Figure 3, Table 1).
Subfossil rodents and tenrecs of Children’s Cave, Madagascar
discussion
Discussion: Extent poorly documented, but recent records paint a broader distribution in the Central Highlands (Soarimalala et al., 2001) as well as its presumably isolated occurrence in the Northern Highlands (Jansa and Carleton, 2003 b).
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
distribution
Distribution: Isolated records, ca. 900 - 1990 m, in highlands of N and C Madagascar.
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., 6 hours SE Fandriana, Ampitambe forest.
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439208.