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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Nesomyinae
--> GENUS Eliurus
SPECIES Eliurus majori
| Author: | Thomas, 1895. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 164. | | Common Name: | Major’s Tufted-tailed Rat | | Type Locality: | Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Ambohimitambo forest, 4500 ft (1372 m). | | Distribution: | Middle to upper montane forest, 1000-2000 m, E Madagascar, from Montagne d’Ambre in the north to the Anosyenne Mountains in the south. | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Morphologically similar to and presumably closely related with E. penicillatus (Carleton, 1994). |
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