Eliurus

Eliurus spp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia 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 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 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tufted-tailed Rats