Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis
| Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Holocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Genus: | Brachytarsomys |
| Species: | B. mahajambaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis Mein et al., 2010 | |
Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis is an extinct rodent from northwestern Madagascar. It is known from nine isolated molars found in several sites during fieldwork that started in 2001. First described in 2010, it is placed in the genus Brachytarsomys together with two larger living species, which may differ in some details of molar morphology. The presence of B. mahajambaensis, a rare element in the local rodent fauna, suggests that the region was previously more humid.