Eliurus grandidieri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Nesomyinae
Genus: Eliurus
Species: Eliurus grandidieri

Name

Eliurus grandidieri Carleton & Goodman, 1998: 165

• Holotype: FMNH 154048, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by on S.M. Goodman 20 November 1994.
• Type locality: “Madagascar, provinde d'Antsiranana, Réserve Spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud, 11 km WSW Befingitra, 1550 m; 14°44.5′S, 49°27.5′E”.

References

Primary references

• Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 1998. New Taxa of Nesomyine Rodents (Muroidea: Muridae) from Madagascar's Nnorthern Highlands, with Taxonomic Comments on Previously Described Forms. Fieldiana Zoology 90: 163–200. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Kennerley, R. 2016. IUCN: Eliurus grandidieri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T29460A22238512. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T29460A22238512.en. Accessed on 19 September 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Grandidier’s Tufted-tailed Rat