Voalavo petteri
(Carleton, 1994)
Petter'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. 1994-02-16. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): revision of the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates 3087:1-55.
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Original name as described
Eliurus petteri
Other common names
Petter's Tuft-tailed Rat
Type material
MNHN-ZM-MO-1961-177
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"8 km from Fanovana, " Toamasina Province, Madagascar.
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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