Hairy-tailed Antsangy
Brachytarsomys villosa F.Petter, 1962
Also calledAntsangy a queue touffue (fra) · Buschschwänzige Madagaskarratte (deu) · Nordliche Madagaskar (deu) · Ratto arboricolo del Madagascar dalla coda pelosa (ita) · szerokostopek puszystoogonowy (pol) · ケナガオアシナガマウス (jpn)
First described in: Mammalia vol.26 p.570
The hairy-tailed antsangy (Brachytarsomys villosa) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.
It is found only in Madagascar.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. The Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is nocturnal and strictly arboreal.
Nesomyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Eastern humid montane forest at elevations of 1200 - 2030 m.
Nesomyidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Nesomyidae
breeding
Breeding. Female Hairy-tailed Tree Rats have three pairs of mammae and maximum litters up to six young. Females carrying large embryos in late October have been observed, and males during this same period had developed scrotal testes. Subadults have been captured in April.
Nesomyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4263420.