HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Nesomyinae
--> GENUS Eliurus
SPECIES Eliurus grandidieri
Author: | Carleton and Goodman, 1998. | Citation: | Fieldiana Zool., N.S., 90: 165. | Common Name: | Grandidier’s Tufted-tailed Rat | Type Locality: | Madagascar, Antsiranana Prov., Reserve Speciale d’Anjanaharibe-Sud, 11 km WSW Befingitra, 1550 m; 14º44.5′S, 49º27.5′E. | Distribution: | Middle to upper montane forest, 1250-1875 m, in the Northern Highlands and northern portion of the Central Highlands, E Madagascar. | Comments: | Certain morphological features suggest that the species is most closely related to E. petteri. |
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