{"id":8108,"date":"2023-05-09T12:36:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T10:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/?post_type=animal&#038;p=8108"},"modified":"2023-07-25T14:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T12:07:55","slug":"malagasy-giant-rat","status":"publish","type":"animal","link":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/malagasy-giant-rat\/","title":{"rendered":"Malagasy Giant Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <div class=\"zoo-animal-details\">\n        <div class=\"born-container is-default\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n\n                \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/pasaules-sarkana-gramata-nopietni-apdraudeta-suga.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            IUCN Red List: Endangered                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/starptautiska-ciltsgramata.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            International Studbook                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n<p>Malagasy Giant Rat is endemic to Madagascar. It occurs in the west of the island in an area that does not exceed 200 square kilometers. The population suffered from rapid decline in 1990s. The current trend is unknown. Main threats include any activities in the remaining habitat including slash and burn agriculture, logging, hunting as well as predation by feral dogs and cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 Listed as&nbsp;<strong>Endangered&nbsp;<\/strong>in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species since 1996.<br>\u25a0 Captive population data are recorded in&nbsp;<strong>International Malagasy Giant Rat Studbook<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 Phylum Chordata \u2013 chordates<br>\u25a0 Class Mammalia \u2013 mammals<br>\u25a0 Order Rodentia \u2013 rodents<br>\u25a0 Family Nesomyidae \u2013 African and Malagasy endemic rats and mice<br>\u25a0 Species&nbsp;<em>Hypogeomys antimena<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Malagasy Giant Rat, or Votsovotsa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3423,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false},"animal-category":[38,36],"animal-filter-1":[],"animal-filter-2":[],"class_list":["post-8108","animal","type-animal","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malagasy Giant Rat - Zoo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/malagasy-giant-rat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malagasy Giant Rat - Zoo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Malagasy Giant Rat is endemic to Madagascar. 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