Malagasy giant rat  (Hypogeomys antimena)

Range

Found in a small area of western Madagascar called Menabe, northeast of Morondava (6). A village splits the habitat in two, isolating a northern population from one further south (7).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Restricted to sandy coastal areas of primary dry deciduous forest, mixed with baobab trees and permanently covered in dry leaf-litter (2).

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