Bastard big-footed mouse

Bastard big-footed mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Nesomyidae
Genus:	Macrotarsomys
Species:	M. bastardi
Binomial name
Macrotarsomys bastardi Milne-Edwards & G. Grandidier, 1898
Bastard big-footed mouse range

The bastard big-footed mouse (Macrotarsomys bastardi) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Macrotarsomys bastardi is the smallest-bodied of the three species recognized within the genus Macrotarsomys . ^[2] Two subspecies have been recognized (M. b. occidentalis and M. b. bastardi) however 2004 studies did not find consistent differences between the subspecies and recommended "subspecific epithets be abandoned for this species". ^[2]

Habitat

This is a terrestrial species, found primarily in xeric habitats such as dry deciduous forests in the northwest and spiny forests in the south. ^[2]

References

1. Kennerley, R. (2016). "Macrotarsomys bastardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T12647A22236959. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12647A22236959.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. Jansa, Sharon A; Voahangy Soarimalala, Steven M. Goodman and F. Keith Barker (2008). "Morphometric variation and phylogeographic Structure in macrotarsomys bastardy (rodentia: nesomyidae), an endemic Malagasy dry forest rodent". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (2): 316–324. doi: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-029R.1 .

• 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.