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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Nesomyinae
--> GENUS Eliurus
SPECIES Eliurus myoxinus
| Author: | Milne-Edwards, 1885. | | Citation: | Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. Paleontol. (Paris), 20: Art. 1 bis. | | Common Name: | Western Tufted-tailed Rat | | Type Locality: | Madagascar, Toliara Prov., Tsilambana. | | Distribution: | Dry deciduous forest and xerophilous habitats, W Madagascar, from the vicinity of Ankarafantsika to the island’s southernmost tip (Carleton et al., 2001:Fig. 3). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Although endemic to western biotopes, the range of E. myoxinus closely approaches that of eastern species in the extreme south (Carleton et al., 2001; Goodman et al., 1999). Sister species of E. minor according to phylogenetic interpretation of mitochondrial DNA sequences (Jansa et al., 1999). |
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