Brachyuromys betsileoensis (Bartlett 1879)

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

Brachyuromys betsileoensis (Bartlett 1879)

[Brachyuromys] betsileoensis (Bartlett 1879) , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879: 770.

Type Locality: Madagascar, "S.E. Betsileo." .

Vernacular Names: Lesser Short-tailed Rat.

Distribution: Central Highlands and its eastern fringes, ca. 900-2450 m, Madagascar.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Described as a species of Nesomys but referred to Brachyuromys by Major (1896). Occurs sympatrically with B. ramirohitra ( Goodman and Rasolonandrasana, 2001) .