Voalavo grandidieri
(Carleton & S. M. Goodman, 1998)
Grandidier's Tufted-tail Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily | : Nesomyinae |
| Genus | : Voalavo |
Species status
Authority citation
Carleton, M.D. and Goodman, S.M. 1998. New taxa of nesomyine rodents (Muroidea: Muridae) from Madagascar's northern highlands, with taxonomic comments on previously described forms. Fieldiana Zoology 90:163-200.
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Original name as described
Eliurus grandidieri
Other common names
Grandidier's Tuft-tailed Rat
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:154048
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Madagascar, Province d'Antsiranana, Réserve Spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud, 11 km WSW of Befingitra, 1550 m, 14°44.5'S, 49°27.5'E"
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
moved from Eliurus to Voalavo
Taxonomy notes citation
Ilarde, G.C.T., Goodman, S.M., Soarimalala, V. and Jansa, S.A. 2026. Complete species-level phylogeny of Madagascar's tufted-tailed rats, Eliurus (Rodentia: Nesomyidae) reveals hidden diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 206(1):zlaf191. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf191
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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