Eliurus tsingimbato
Jansa, Carleton, Soarimalala, Z. Rakotomalala, & S. M. Goodman, 2019
Limestone 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
Authority citation
Jansa, S.A., Carleton, M.D., Soarimalala, V., Rakotomalala, Z. and Goodman, S.M. 2019-05-08. A review of the _Eliurus tanala_ complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae), with description of a new species from dry forests of western Madagascar. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 430:1-69.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58100286Original name as described
Eliurus tsingimbato
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:172723
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2671491Type locality
Madagascar, Province de Mahajanga, Région de Melaky, Parc National de Bemaraha, S bank of Manambolo River, 3.5 km E Bekopaka, near Tombeau Vazimba, 100 m; 19°08.4′S, 44°49.7′E.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Jansa, S. A., Carleton, M. D., Soarimalala, V., Rakotomalala, Z., & Goodman, S. M. (2019). A Review of the Eliurus tanala Complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae), with Description of a New Species from Dry Forests of Western Madagascar. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2019(430), 1-69.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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