Subfossil rodents and tenrecs of Children’s Cave, Madagascar
Author
Denys, Christiane
Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France;
Author
Gabriel, Nadine W.
Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK;
Author
Lalis, Aude
Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France;
Author
Jenkins, Paulina
Vertebrates Division, Natural History Museum, London, UK
text
Journal of Natural History
2024
2024-07-15
58
25 - 28
796
839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2370663
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2024.2370663
1464-5262
13219769
Genus
Rattus
Fischer, 1803
Today the genus is represented in
Madagascar
by two species:
Rattus norvegicus
(Berkenhout, 1769)
, which is commensal; and
R. rattus
, found in all habitats of the island. In Children’s Cave the
Rattus
remains can be attributed whithout ambiguity to the widespread species
R. rattus
.