Eliurus
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Nesomyinae
Genus: Eliurus
Species (13):
E. antsingy –
E. carletoni –
E. danieli –
E. ellermani –
E. grandidieri –
E. majori –
E. minor –
E. myoxinus –
E. penicillatus –
E. petteri –
E. tanala –
E. tsingimbato –
E. webbi
Name
[edit]Eliurus Milne-Edwards, 1885: unpaginated
- Type species: Eliurus myoxinus Milne-Edwards, 1885, by monotypy.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Milne-Edwards, A. 1885. Nouvelle espèce de rongeur provenant de Madagascar. Annales des sciences naturelles. Série 6 20: Article Nº 1 bis. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 2007. A new species of the Eliurus majori complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae) from south-central Madagascar, with remarks on emergent species groupings in the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates 3547: 1–21. hdl: 2246/5834 Reference page.
- Goodman, S.M., Raheriarisena, M. & Jansa, S.A. 2009. A new species of Eliurus Milne Edwards, 1885 (Rodentia: Nesomyinae) from the Réserve Spéciale d’Ankarana, northern Madagascar. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(3): 133–149. PDF Reference page.
- Jansa, S.A., Carleton, M.D., Soarimalala, V., Rakotomalala, Z. & Goodman, S.M. 2019. 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: 1–69. hdl: 2246/6939 Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Tufted-tailed Rats