A new species of Macrotarsomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Nesomyinae) from southwestern Madagascar

Steven M. Goodman; Voahangy Soarimalala

doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[450:ANSOMR]2.0.CO;2

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Steven M. Goodman,¹ Voahangy Soarimalala²

¹Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 Roosevelt Road, Chicago, Illinois 60605, U.S.A., e-mail: and WWF-Madagascar, BP 738, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar, e-mail: goodman@fmnh.org sgoodman@wwf.mg
²Département de Biologie Animale, Université d'Antananarivo, BP 906, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar and Ecology Training Program, WWF-Madagascar, BP 738, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar, e-mail: etp@wwf.mg

Abstract

A new species of Macrotarsomys, M. petteri (Rodentia: Muridae: Nesomyinae), is described based on a single specimen taken during a 2003 biological survey of the Forêt des Mikea in southwestern Madagascar. This is the third species known in this endemic genus, and all are confined to the dry forest formations of western Madagascar. The region where M. petteri occurs is a unique transitional forest habitat that is under considerable threat from human-induced habitat degradation and steps need to be swiftly taken to protect the Forêt des Mikea.

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Steven M. Goodman and Voahangy Soarimalala "A new species of Macrotarsomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Nesomyinae) from southwestern Madagascar," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(2), 450-464, (1 June 2005). https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[450:ANSOMR]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 June 2005

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