Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 930 955 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Nesomys lambertoni G. Grandidier 1928 Nesomys lambertoni G. Grandidier 1928 , Bull. Acad. Malgache, Nouv. Ser., 11: 95 . Type Locality: Madagascar , Toliara Prov. , vicinity of Maintirano (as amended by F. Petter, 1962 a :571 ) . Vernacular Names: Western Nesomys . Distribution: Documented only from the type locality, WC Madagascar , but certainly more widely distributed in the west. Discussion: So far known by only three specimens .