Malagasy giant rat

Malagasy Giant Rat; Temporal range: Recent
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Nesomyidae
Subfamily:	Nesomyinae
Genus:	Hypogeomys; A. Grandidier, 1869
Species:	H. antimena
Binomial name
	Hypogeomys antimena; A. Grandidier , 1869

The Malagasy Giant Rat (Hypogeomys antimena), also known as the Votsovotsa, is a rodent found only in the Menabe region of Madagascar. It is an endangered species due to habitat loss, reproductive habits and limited range (20 square kilometres north of Morondava, between the rivers Tomitsy and Tsiribihina ^[1] Pairs are monogamous and females bear only one or two young per year. It is the only living species in the genus Hypogeomys.

References

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

^ S. Sommer & H. Tichy (1999). "Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II polymorphism and paternity in the monogamous Hypogeomys antimena, the endangered, largest endemic Malagasy rodent". Molecular Ecology. 8 (8): 1259–1272. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00687.x. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |quotes= ignored (help)

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[1] S. Sommer & H. Tichy (1999). "Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II polymorphism and paternity in the monogamous Hypogeomys antimena, the endangered, largest endemic Malagasy rodent". Molecular Ecology. 8 (8): 1259–1272. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00687.x. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |quotes= ignored (help)

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