- Dormouse Tufted-Tailed Rat
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Dormouse Tufted-tailed Rat Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Nesomyidae Genus: Eliurus Species: E. myoxinus Binomial name Eliurus myoxinus
Milne-Edwards, 1855Dormouse Tufted-tailed Rat range The Dormouse Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus myoxinus) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found only in Madagascar.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Eliurus myoxinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
- 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.
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Nesomyid rodents
- Mammals of Madagascar
- Muroid rodent stubs
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