The Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena), also known as the votsota or votsovotsa, is a nesomyid rodent found only in the Menabe region of Madagascar.
Among its most famous rulers was Ranaimo or Andriandrainarivo (ruled 1718-1727) who is known through the memoirs of Europeans such as Robert Drury, James Cook, Barnvelt (1719), Valentyn (1726).
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