Eliurus penicillatus

O. Thomas, 1908

White-tailed 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

Thomas, O. 1908-11-01. A new species of the Mascarene genus Eliurus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2(11):453-454.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071223

Original name as described

Eliurus penicillatus

Other common names

White-tipped Tuft-tailed Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.149

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Ampitambé, N.E. Betsileo, Madagascar."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003751

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 penicillatus

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

penicillatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.149

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

454

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071223

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7624/22238746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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