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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Genus: | Macrotarsomys |
| Species: | M. bastardi
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| Macrotarsomys bastardi Milne-Edwards & G. Grandidier, 1898
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| Bastard big-footed mouse range | |
Habitat
editThis 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
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