Greater Short-tailed Rat

Greater Short-tailed RatThe greater short-tailed rat is a rodent from Madagascar. Compared with the black rat, it and a close relative have shorter tails and longer forefoot claws; a record from Ranomafana describes a capture in abandoned slash-and-burn plots.What does it look like?Brachyuromys ramirohitra and its relative B. betsileoensis are reported to have shorter tails and longer forefoot claws than the black rat.How does it live?The greater short-tailed rat is a rodent from Madagascar. Compared with the black rat, it and a close relative have shorter tails and longer forefoot claws; a record from Ranomafana describes a capture in abandoned slash-and-burn plots.At Ranomafana, a record documents this species captured in abandoned tavy, or slash-and-burn, plots.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.