Authority citation: Grandidier, A. 1869. Description de quelques animaux nouveaux découverts, pendant l'année 1869, sur la côte ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée 21:337-342.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33749363
Original name as described: Hypogeomys antimena
Nominal names: antimena A. Grandidier, 1869
Other common names: Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat|Votsovotsa
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Nesomyidae -- Subfamily: Nesomyinae
Type locality: "sur les rives du Tsidsibon [= Tsiribihina] et de l'Andranoumène [= Andranomena], deux rivières du Ménabé indépendant."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Madagascar (MDG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Critically endangered
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