Macrotarsomys ingens

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	NESOMYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Macrotarsomys ingens

Species Authority:

Petter, 1959

Common Name/s:

English

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Long-tailed Big-footed Mouse, Greater Big-footed Mouse

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1ab(iii,v) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Goodman, S., Rakotondravony, D. & Dollar, L.

Reviewer/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Endangered because its range is less than 5,000 km², it is known only from a single location, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat and number of mature individuals due to ongoing habitat loss and predation from feral predators.

History:

1996	–	Critically Endangered
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This little-known species is endemic to Madagascar where it is known only from Ankarafantsika National Park and its immediate surrounds (Carleton and Goodman 2003). It has possibly been sighted at Bongolava, although this requires confirmation (D. Rakotondravony pers. comm.). It has an altitudinal range of about 100 to 400 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	It is common within its restricted range, although trapping success is low.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species has been recorded from dry deciduous forest in Ankarafantsika. It is a nocturnal and almost completely arboreal species, which lives in burrows during the day time (Carleton and Goodman 2003). It can be found in slightly degraded forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is threatened by predation by feral cats and dogs (L. Dollar pers. comm.), loss of habitat to wildfires and selective logging.

Major Threat(s):

This species is threatened by predation by feral cats and dogs (L. Dollar pers. comm.), loss of habitat to wildfires and selective logging.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is present in the Ankarafantsika National Park. There is a need to manage the habitat of this species, undertake further studies of the species natural history and implement control measures for feral cats and dogs in the species range.

Conservation Actions:

This species is present in the Ankarafantsika National Park. There is a need to manage the habitat of this species, undertake further studies of the species natural history and implement control measures for feral cats and dogs in the species range.

Citation:	Goodman, S., Rakotondravony, D. & Dollar, L. 2008. Macrotarsomys ingens. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012.
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