Hypogeomys
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Hypogeomys is a genus of rodents in the family Nesomyidae, found in Madagascar. There is one extant species, the Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena), currently an endangered species with a restricted range. There is also another species known from subfossils from a few thousand years ago, Hypogeomys australis. H. antinema measures Script error: No such module "convert"., making it the largest rodent in Madagascar, while H. australis seems to have been slightly larger.[1]
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- ↑ Goodman, S.M. and Rakotondravony, D. 1996. The Holocene distribution of Hypogeomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Nesomyinae) on Madagascar. Script error: No such module "webarchive". Biogéographie de Madagascar 1996:283–293.
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