Hypogeomys australis Grandidier, 1903
Southern giant jumping rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c.4,400 years ago
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Grandidier, G. (1903). Description de l’Hypogeomys australis, une nouvelle espèce de rongeur sub-fossile de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris 9: 13-15.
Other references:
Alcover, Josep Antoni et al. (1998). Mammal Species of the World: Additional Data on Insular Mammals. American Museum Novitates 3248, 29 pp., 1 table.
van der Geer, Alexandra, Lyras, George, de Vos, John and Dermitzakis, Michael. (2010). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. John Wiley & Sons.
Goodman, Steven M. and Jungers, William L. (2014). Extinct Madagascar: Picturing the Island's Past. University of Chicago Press. 296 pp.
Wilson, D. E. and Reeder, D. M. (2005). Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Third edition. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.
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