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/15628649

Original 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-be21-202e84bac568

Type locality

"Ampitambè forest (N.E. Betsileo)," Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003749

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 minor

Forsyth Major, 1896

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.153

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5979f8fa-95d0-4e33-be21-202e84bac568

Authority page

462

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628649

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7621/22238349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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