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Lesser tufted-tailed rat

The lesser tufted-tailed rat is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar.

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Lesser tufted-tailed rat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Eliurus
Species:
E. minor
Binomial name
Eliurus minor
Major, 1896
Lesser tufted-tailed rat range

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

References

References

  1. Kennerley, R. (2016). "Eliurus minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T7621A22238349. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7621A22238349.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  • 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.