Eliurus tanala

Forsyth Major, 1896

Tanala Tufted-tail Rat

Also as Tanala Tuft-tailed Rat.
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Location:Madagascar, Haute Matsiatra or Vatovavy region (formerly part of Fianarantsoa province), Ranomafana National ParkDate taken:5 October 2023Description:Also as Tanala Tuft-tailed Rat.

Distribution :

Middle elevations in humid forest, 775-1625 m, from Northern Highlands to the S Anosyenne Mountains, E Madagascar.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7672

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Nesomyidae
Subfamily: Nesomyinae
Genus: Eliurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1896-12-01. Descriptions of four additional new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(108):461-463.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628649

Original name as described

Eliurus tanala

Other common names

Tanala Tuft-tailed Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.154

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Forest of the Independent Tanala of Ikongo, in the neighbourhood of Vinanitelo, thirty miles south of Fianarantsoa."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003753

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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: 1 name and synonym.

Eliurus tanala

Forsyth Major, 1896

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

tanala

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.154

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Forest of the Independent Tanala of Ikongo, in the neighbourhood of Vinanitelo, thirty miles south of Fianarantsoa.

Type locality

Madagascar: 21°43′S, 47°16′E.

Authority page

462

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628649

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:510, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1939:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Musser & Carleton (1993:678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7625/22239073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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