Eliurus petteri

Carleton, 1994

Petter'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Carleton, M.D. 1994-02-16. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): revision of the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates 3087:1-55.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62192817

Original name as described

Eliurus petteri

Other common names

Petter's Tuft-tailed Rat

Type material

MNHN 1961.177

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"8 km from Fanovana," Toamasina Province, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003752

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 petteri

Carleton, 1994

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

petteri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1961.177

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62192817

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136316/22238985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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