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GENUS Voalavo
Author: | Carleton and Goodman, 1998. | Citation: | Fieldiana Zool., N.S., 90: 182. | Type Species: | Voalavo gymnocaudus Carleton and Goodman, 1998. | Comments: | Sister genus to Eliurus based on morphological features (Carleton and Goodman, 1998). Generic status questioned by phylogenetic study of cytochrome b data, in which Voalavo gymnocaudus is grouped as sister species to Eliurus grandidieri, the two forming a basal clade to all other Eliurus (Jansa et al., 1999). |
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