Petter's big-footed mouse
Petter's big-footed mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Nesomyidae |
Genus: | Macrotarsomys
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Species: | M. petteri
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Binomial name | |
Macrotarsomys petteri Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005
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Range of Macrotarsomys petteri on Madagascar. Red: find of a living animal; green: subfossil material; blue: subfossil material that is possibly referable to this species |
Petter's big-footed mouse (Macrotarsomys petteri),
Petter's big-footed mouse is now
Taxonomy
During a 2003 biological inventory of the
Description
Petter's big-footed mouse is a
Hindfoot length is 37 mm (1.5 in).
Petter's big-footed mouse has a large and robust skull with well-developed
Distribution and ecology
The single known living specimen, a young adult male, was collected at 80 m (260 ft) altitude in the Andaladomo forest (part of the Mikea Forest) in 2003.
Subsequent to its discovery at the Mikea Forest, Petter's big-footed mouse was also found as a
In 2009, it was also recorded from the cave of Ankilitelo in southwestern Madagascar.[16] Remains of a large Macrotarsomys had previously been reported from other southern Madagascar sites, and at least some of these may be M. petteri.[17] A karstic deposit near Lake Tsimanampetsotsa (dated to the Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene on unclear grounds) contained three species of Macrotarsomys, including a very large one that may well be M. petteri. Remains identified as greater big-footed mouse have been reported from a cave at Ankazoabo in southern Madagascar; these may also be Petter's big-footed mouse.[5]
Conservation status
The
References
- ^ a b c Kennerley, 2016
- ^ Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005, p. 452
- ^ Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005, p. 453
- ^ a b c d e Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005, p. 457
- ^ a b c Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005, p. 459
- ^ a b c Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005, p. 454
- ^ a b c d Goodman and Soarimalala, 2006, table 1
- ^ a b Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005, p. 455
- ^ Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005, pp. 455–456
- ^ a b Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005, p. 456
- ^ a b Goodman et al., 2006, p. 957
- ^ a b Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005, p. 460
- ^ Garbutt, 2007, p. 242
- ^ Goodman et al., 2006, p. 753
- ^ Goodman et al., 2006, p. 960
- ^ Muldoon et al., 2009, p. 1120
- ^ Goodman and Soarimalala, 2005, p. 459; Goodman et al., 2006, p. 960
Literature cited
- Garbutt, N. 2007. Mammals of Madagascar: A Complete Guide. A & C Black, 304 pp. ISBN 978-0-7136-7043-1
- Goodman, S.M. and Soarimalala, V. 2005. A new species of Macrotarsomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Nesomyinae) from southwestern Madagascar (subscription required). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(2):450–464.
- Goodman, S.M., Vasey, N. and Burney, D.A. 2006. The subfossil occurrence and paleoecological implications of Macrotarsomys petteri (Rodentia: Nesomyidae) in extreme southeastern Madagascar (subscription required). Comptes Rendus Palevol 5:753–762
- Kennerley, R. (2016). "Macrotarsomys petteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 [errata version published in 2017]: e.T136510A115209149.
- Muldoon, K.M., De Blieux, D.D., Simons, E.L. and Chatrath, P.S. 2009. The subfossil occurrence and paleoecological significance of small mammals at Ankilitelo Cave, southwestern Madagascar (subscription required). Journal of Mammalogy 90(5):1111–1131.