- Eliurus
Taxobox
name = "Eliurus"
fossil_range = Recent
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
familia =Nesomyidae
subfamilia =Nesomyinae
genus = "Eliurus"
genus_authority =Alphonse Milne-Edwards |Milne-Edwards, 1885
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Eliurus antsingy "
"Eliurus ellermani "
"Eliurus grandidieri "
"Eliurus majori "
"Eliurus minor "
"Eliurus myoxinus "
"Eliurus penicillatus "
"Eliurus petteri "
"Eliurus tanala "
"Eliurus webbi ""Eliurus" is a genus of
rodent in theNesomyidae family. It contains the following species:
*Tsingy Tufted-tailed Rat ("Eliurus antsingy")
*Ellerman's Tufted-tailed Rat ("Eliurus ellermani")
*Grandidier's Tufted-tailed Rat ("Eliurus grandidieri")
*Major's Tufted-tailed Rat ("Eliurus majori")
*Lesser Tufted-tailed Rat ("Eliurus minor")
*Dormouse Tufted-tailed Rat ("Eliurus myoxinus")
*White-tipped Tufted-tailed Rat ("Eliurus penicillatus")
*Petter's Tufted-tailed Rat ("Eliurus petteri")
*Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat ("Eliurus tanala")
*Webb's Tufted-tailed Rat ("Eliurus webbi")References
*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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