Brachytarsomys villosa F. Petter 1962

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 930-955 : 948

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11328805
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scientific name	Brachytarsomys villosa F. Petter 1962
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Brachytarsomys villosa F. Petter 1962 View in CoL

Brachytarsomys villosa F. Petter 1962 View in CoL , Mammalia, 26: 570.

Type Locality: Description based on a specimen held in captivity in the "Vivarium de Tsimbazaza;" type locality requires formal restriction.

Vernacular Names: Hairy-tailed Antsangy.

Distribution: So far recorded only from the western slopes of the Anjanaharibe-Sud Massif, N Madagascar.

Discussion: Named as a subspecies by F. Petter (1962 a) based on a zoo specimen, but Carleton and Schmidt (1990) suggested that villosa is a distinct species. Rediscovered in the wild by Goodman et al. (2001 b) and contrasted to B. albicauda ; distributional limits unknown.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Nesomyidae
Genus	Brachytarsomys