White-tipped tufted-tailed rat
- White-tipped tufted-tailed rat
Taxobox
name = White-tipped tufted-tailed rat
status = CR
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Nesomyidae
subfamilia = Nesomyinae
genus = "Eliurus"
species = "E. penicillatus"
binomial = "Eliurus penicillatus"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1908
The White-tipped tufted-tailed rat ("Eliurus penicillatus") is a rodent found only on the island of Madagascar. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss.
References
* Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2c v2.3)
*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.
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