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Tanala tufted-tailed rat

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Tanala tufted-tailed rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Eliurus
Species:
E. tanala
Binomial name
Eliurus tanala
Major, 1896
Tanala tufted-tailed rat range

The Tanala tufted-tailed[3] rat (Eliurus tanala) is a species[4] of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar.

References

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Notes
  1. ^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Eliurus tanala)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  2. ^ Kennerley, R. (2016). "Eliurus tanala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7625A22239073. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7625A22239073.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ Jansa, Sharon A.; Carleton, Michael D.; Soarimalala, Voahangy; Rakotomalala, Zafimahery; Goodman, Steven 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): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.430.1.1. ISSN 0003-0090. S2CID 165061876.
  4. ^ "Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus tanala)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
Sources
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.