Dormouse tufted-tailed rat

The Dormouse tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus myoxinus) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar.

Dormouse tufted-tailed rat

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Eliurus
Species:
E. myoxinus
Binomial name
Eliurus myoxinus
Dormouse tufted-tailed rat range

References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Eliurus myoxinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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