Macrotarsomys bastardi Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier, 1898 . Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 1, 4:179.

TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., east of Ihosy River, near Ravori; see Carleton and Schmidt (1990:14) .

DISTRIBUTION: Dryer regions of W and S Madagascar, including deciduous forest and open savannah.

SYNONYMS: occidentalis .