Voalavoanala

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Voalavoanala
Fossil range: Recent
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Subfamily: Nesomyinae
Genus: Gymnuromys
Major, 1896
Species: G. roberti
Binomial name
Gymnuromys roberti
Major, 1896

The Voalavoanala (Gymnuromys roberti) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is the only species in the genus Gymnuromys. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Gymnuromys roberti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.