Eliurus danieli

Carleton & Goodman, 2007

Daniel'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

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Carleton, M.D. and Goodman, S.M. 2007-01-15. A new species of the _Eliurus majori_ complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae) from south-central Madagascar, with remarks on emergent species groupings in the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates 3547:1-21.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59821381

Original name as described

Eliurus danieli

Other common names

Daniel's Tuft-tailed Rat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:175934

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2674702

Type locality

"Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Province, Parc National de l'Isalo, 28 km SE Berenty-Betsileo, along Sahanafa River near foot of Bevato Mountain, 650 m; geographic coordinates: 22°19.0'S, 45°17.6'E."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Carleton, M. D., & Goodman, S. M. (2007). A new species of the Eliurus majori complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae) from south-central Madagascar, with remarks on emergent species groupings in the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates, 2007(3547), 1-21.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003745

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 danieli

Carleton & Goodman, 2007

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

danieli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:175934

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2674702

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59821381

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136251/115205056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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