Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Nesomyinae
Genus: Eliurus
Species (13): E. antsingy – E. carletoni – E. danieli – E. ellermani – E. grandidieri – E. majori – E. minor – E. myoxinus – E. penicillatus – E. petteri – E. tanala – E. tsingimbato – E. webbi
Name
Eliurus Milne-Edwards, 1885: unpaginated
Type species: Eliurus myoxinus Milne-Edwards, 1885, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Milne-Edwards, A. 1885. Nouvelle espèce de rongeur provenant de Madagascar. Annales des sciences naturelles. Série 6 20: Article Nº 1 bis. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 2007. A new species of the Eliurus majori complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae) from south-central Madagascar, with remarks on emergent species groupings in the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates 3547: 1–21. hdl: 2246/5834 Open access Reference page.
Goodman, S.M., Raheriarisena, M. & Jansa, S.A. 2009. A new species of Eliurus Milne Edwards, 1885 (Rodentia: Nesomyinae) from the Réserve Spéciale d’Ankarana, northern Madagascar. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(3): 133–149. PDF Reference page.
Jansa, S.A., Carleton, M.D., Soarimalala, V., Rakotomalala, Z. & Goodman, S.M. 2019. A review of the Eliurus tanala complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae), with description of a new species from dry forests of Western Madagascar. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 430: 1–69. hdl: 2246/6939 Open access Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Tufted-tailed Rats
Eliurus is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.[1] It contains the following species:
Tsingy tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus antsingy)
Ankarana Special Reserve tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus carletoni)
Daniel's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus danieli)
Ellerman's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus ellermani)
Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus grandidieri)
Major's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus majori)
Lesser tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus minor)
Dormouse tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus myoxinus)
White-tipped tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus penicillatus)
Petter's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus petteri)
Tanala tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus tanala)
Webb's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus webbi)
References
Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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