Eastern voalavo: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the eastern voalavo lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Voalavo antsahabensis
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Nesomyidae

Where does the eastern voalavo live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the eastern voalavo in 1 country or territory across Africa. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Madagascar.

Madagascar

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the eastern voalavo endangered?

The eastern voalavo’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the eastern voalavo?

The eastern voalavo (Voalavo antsahabensis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Nesomyidae, genus Voalavo. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the eastern voalavo

The eastern voalavo (Voalavo antsahabensis) is a rodent in the family Nesomyidae which occurs in the Anjozorobe forest of eastern Madagascar. Although surveys before 2002 failed to record the species, it is common in some places. However, it is threatened by habitat loss because of slash-and-burn agriculture. The species was formally described in 2005 and is most closely related to the only other species of Voalavo, the northern voalavo from northern Madagascar.

The two species of Voalavo are only subtly different in morphology. With a body mass of 20.7 to 22.6 g (0.73 to 0.80 oz), the eastern voalavo is a small rodent. It has a longer tail than the northern voalavo, as well as a longer rostrum (front part of the skull) and diastema (gap between the incisors and molars), but shorter molar rows. The two species also differ in details of the configuration of the palate.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eastern voalavo (revision 1328248736), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2093630 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).