Eliurus minor
Forsyth Major, 1896
Lesser 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
Forsyth Major, C.I. 1896-12-01. Descriptions of four additional new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(108):461-463.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628649Original name as described
Eliurus minor
Other common names
Lesser Tuft-tailed Rat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.153
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5979f8fa-95d0-4e33-be21-202e84bac568Type locality
"Ampitambè forest (N.E. Betsileo)," Madagascar.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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