Eliurus webbi
Ellerman, 1949
Webb'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
Families and Genera of Living Rodents, vol. 3, App. II, 163
Original name as described
Eliurus myoxinus webbi
Other common names
Webb's Tuft-tailed Rat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1947.1576
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13028606-e785-42c0-ae64-ac796a408d41Type locality
"20 miles south of Farafangana, south-east coast Madagascar."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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