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Tanala tufted-tailed rat

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Species of rodent

Tanala tufted-tailed rat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Eliurus
Species: E. tanala
Binomial name
Eliurus tanala
Major, 1896
Tanala tufted-tailed rat range

The Tanala tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus tanala) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar.

References

Notes
  1. taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Eliurus tanala)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  2. Kennerley, R. (2016). "Eliurus tanala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7625A22239073. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7625A22239073.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. Jansa, Sharon A.; Carleton, Michael D.; Soarimalala, Voahangy; Rakotomalala, Zafimahery; Goodman, Steven M. (2019-05-08). "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): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.430.1.1. ISSN 0003-0090. S2CID 165061876.
  4. "Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus tanala)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
Sources
  • 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.
Extant species of family Nesomyidae
Petromyscinae
Petromyscus
(Rock mice)
Delanymyinae
Delanymys
Dendromurinae
Dendromus
(African
climbing mice)
Dendroprionomys
Malacothrix
Megadendromus
Prionomys
Steatomys
Mystromyinae
Mystromys
Cricetomyinae
(Pouched rats)
Beamys
Cricetomys
Saccostomus
Nesomyinae
(Malagasy rats
and mice)
Brachytarsomys
Brachyuromys
Eliurus
Gymnuromys
Hypogeomys
Macrotarsomys
Monticolomys
Nesomys
Voalavo
Category
Taxon identifiers
Eliurus tanala


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