Eliurus carletoni
Goodman, Raheriarisena, & Jansa, 2009
Carleton's 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
Authority citation
Goodman, S.M., Raheriarisena, M. and Jansa, S.A. 2009. A new species of Eliurus Milne Edwards, 1885 (Rodentia: Nesomyinae) from the Réserve Spéciale d'Ankarana, northern Madagascar. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(3):133-149.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44801866Original name as described
Eliurus carletoni
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:173105
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2671873Type locality
"Madagascar, Province d'Antsiranana, Réserve Spéciale d'Ankarana, Campement des Anglais (Anilotra), 7.5 m NW Mahamasina, 12°54.4'S, 49°06.6'E; 125 km above sea-level."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Goodman, S. M., Raheriarisena, M., & Jansa, S. A. (2009). A new species of Eliurus Milne Edwards, 1885 (Rodentia: Nesomyinae) from the Réserve Spéciale d'Ankarana, northern Madagascar. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge, 56(3), 133-149.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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