Anjozorobe Naked-tail Forest Mouse
Voalavo antsahabensis Goodman et al., 2005
Also calledOstlicher Voalavo (deu) · Voalavo d'Antsahabe (fra) · woalawo leśne (pol)
First described in: Goodman, Steven M., Daniel Rakotondravony, Hary N. Randriamanantsoa, and Marlène Rakotomalala-Raz... (2005). A new species of rodent from the montane forest of central eastern Madagascar (Muridae: Nesomyinae: Voalavo). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 118, No. 4.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. The Anjozorobe Naked-tail Forest Mouse is nocturnal and scansorial. It probably lives in ground burrows and forages in an arboreal manner. It is capable of moving across very thin lianas, no larger than the width of a pencil.
Nesomyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Eastern humid montane forest at elevations of 1250 - 1425 m.
Nesomyidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Nesomyidae
breeding
Breeding. The Anjozorobe Naked-tail Forest Mouse has a gland on its upper chest that produces a distinct odor, most developed in reproductive males. Females have three pairs of mammae, and litters have up to two young.
Nesomyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5786784.