Gregarious short-tailed rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Gregarious short-tailed rat Brachyuromys ramirohitra Least concern

Where the gregarious short-tailed rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 11 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

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

Where does the gregarious short-tailed rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the gregarious short-tailed rat in 1 country or territory across Africa.

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 gregarious short-tailed rat endangered?

The gregarious short-tailed rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the gregarious short-tailed rat?

The gregarious short-tailed rat (Brachyuromys ramirohitra) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Nesomyidae, genus Brachyuromys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the gregarious short-tailed rat

The gregarious short-tailed rat (Brachyuromys ramirohitra) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.

It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gregarious short-tailed rat (revision 1338738149), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q305895 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).