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Dormouse tufted-tailed rat

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

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Dormouse tufted-tailed rat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Eliurus
Species:
E. myoxinus
Binomial name
Eliurus myoxinus
Dormouse tufted-tailed rat range

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

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References

  • 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.