Nesomys
Sign in to saveNesomys, 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) Western nesomys (Nesomys lambertoni) Nesomys narindaensis † Island mouse (Nesomys rufus)
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyNesomyidae
Observations recorded553
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Nesomyidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Nesomyinae
- Image
- Nesomys rufus - Red forest rat (15721901477).jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Nesomys
- Commons category
- Nesomys
- topic's main category
- Category:Nesomys
- time period
- Holocene
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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) Western nesomys (Nesomys lambertoni) Nesomys narindaensis † Island mouse (Nesomys rufus)
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nesomys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.