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Nesomys rufus Peters, 1870

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Sitb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin p.55

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Nesomyidae
genus
Nesomys
species
Nesomys rufus

Name

Homonyms
Nesomys rufus Peters, 1870
Common names
Eastern Nesomys in English
Eastern Red Forest Rat in English
Eastern Red Forest Rat in English
Gewone Madagascarrat in Dutch
Island Mouse in English
Island Mouse in English
Island Mouse in English
Nésomys roux in French
Nésomys roux in French
Rata de bosque roja in language.
Ratto rosso del Madagascar orientale in Italian
Red Forest Rat in English
Red Forest Rat in English
Rote Inselratte in German
Rote Inselratte in German
Rote Madagassische Inselratte in German
Rufous Nesomys in English
Rufous Nesomys in English
Rufous Nesomys in English
Rufous Nesomys in English
Rufous Nesomys in English
Rufous Nesomys in English
křeček madagaskarský in Czech
madagaskarinpunarotta in Finnish
malgaszomysz rdzawa in Polish
Зайцегубый хомяк in Russian
アカアシナガマウス in Japanese
Eastern Red Forest Rat in English
Island Mouse in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Carleton, Michael D., and David F. Schmidt, 1990: Systematic Studies of Madagascar's Endemic Rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): an Annotated Gazetteer of Collecting Localities of Known Forms. American Museum Novitates, no. 2987. 1-36.
  2. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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