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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Nesomyinae
--> GENUS Eliurus
SPECIES Eliurus tanala
| Author: | Major, 1896. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 462. | | Common Name: | Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat | | Type Locality: | Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., 30 mi (48 km) S Fianarantsoa, near Vinanitelo. | | Distribution: | Middle elevations in humid forest, 775-1625 m, from Northern Highlands to the S Anosyenne Mountains, E Madagascar. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Distribution overlaps that of its morphologically similar congener E. webbi at lower elevations. Geographic variation evaluated by Carleton and Goodman (1998). |
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