Misplaced Pages

Major's tufted-tailed rat

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of rodent

Major's tufted-tailed rat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Eliurus
Species: E. majori
Binomial name
Eliurus majori
Thomas, 1895
Major's Tufted-tailed Rat range

Major's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus majori) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species was named in honor of Swiss zoologist C. I. Forsyth Major.

References

  1. Kennerley, R. (2016). "Eliurus majori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7622A22238442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7622A22238442.en. Retrieved 17 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.
Extant species of family Nesomyidae
Petromyscinae
Petromyscus
(Rock mice)
Delanymyinae
Delanymys
Dendromurinae
Dendromus
(African
climbing mice)
Dendroprionomys
Malacothrix
Megadendromus
Prionomys
Steatomys
Mystromyinae
Mystromys
Cricetomyinae
(Pouched rats)
Beamys
Cricetomys
Saccostomus
Nesomyinae
(Malagasy rats
and mice)
Brachytarsomys
Brachyuromys
Eliurus
Gymnuromys
Hypogeomys
Macrotarsomys
Monticolomys
Nesomys
Voalavo
Category
Taxon identifiers
Eliurus majori


Stub icon

This Muroid rodent article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: