Ankarana Special Reserve tufted-tailed rat
| Ankarana Special Reserve tufted-tailed rat Temporal range: Recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Nesomyinae |
| Genus: | Eliurus |
| Species: | E. carletoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Eliurus carletoni Goodman, Raheriarisena & Jansa, 2009 | |
Eliurus carletoni (synonymous with Eliurus sp. SAJ-2009a) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. First described in 2009, it is commonly known as the Ankarana Special Reserve tufted-tailed rat. It is endemic to Madagascar, in the Ankarana Special Reserve.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Eliurus carletoni)". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ↑ "Eliurus carletoni". Uniprot.org. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ↑ Goodman,S.M., Raheriarisena,M. and Jansa,S.A. (2009). A new species of Eliurus Milne Edwards, 1885 (Rodentia: Nesomyinae) from the Reserve Speciale d'Ankarana, northern Madagascar. Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 56 (3):133-149.
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