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Red Forest Rats
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Red Forest Rats

Nesomys

Nesomys, also called red forest rats, is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only on Madagascar, and contains the following species:

White-bellied nesomys (Nesomys audeberti)

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Eastern Nesomys

speciesNesomys rufus

Western Nesomys

speciesNesomys lambertoni

White-bellied Nesomys

speciesNesomys audeberti

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45035.