Eliurus antsingy

Carleton, Goodman, & D. Rakotondravony, 2001

Antsingy Tufted-tail Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Nesomyidae
Subfamily : Nesomyinae
Genus : Eliurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Carleton, M.D., Goodman, S.M. and Rakotondravony, D. 2001. A new species of tufted-tailed rat, genus Eliurus (Muridae: Nesomyinae), from western Madagascar, with notes on the distribution of _E. myoxinus_. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114(4):972-987.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34559142

Original name as described

Eliurus antsingy

Other common names

Tsingy Tuft-tailed Rat

Type material

MNHN 1966.2220

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Madagascar, Toliara Province, Antsingy Forest, near Bekopaka, about 19°07.5'S, 44°49.0'E."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003743

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Eliurus antsingy

Carleton, Goodman, & D. Rakotondravony, 2001

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

antsingy

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1966.2220

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

974

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34559142

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48267436/22238593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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