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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Nesomyinae
--> GENUS Eliurus
SPECIES Eliurus antsingy
Author: | Carleton, Goodman, and Rakotondravony, 2001. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 114: 974. | Common Name: | Tsingy Tufted-tailed Rat | Type Locality: | Madagascar, Toliara Prov., Antsingy Forest, near Bekopaka; about 19º07.5′S, 44º49.0′E. | Distribution: | So far known from only two localities in dry forest peculiar to karst topography (tsingy), W Madagascar. | Comments: | Specific relationships unclear; although found in W Madagascar, E. antsingy is apparently not closely related to the more widely distributed western species, E. myoxinus (Carleton et al., 2001). |
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