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Eliurus majori — Fig. 3. Carleton, Goodman, 2007 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

Fig. 3. Carleton, Goodman, 2007 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

IUCN LC · Least concern

Major's Tufted-tail Rat

Eliurus majori Thomas, 1895

Also calledMajor-Bilchschwanz (deu) · Rat-loir de Major (fra) · Ratto coda a ciuffo di Major (ita) · kitkowiec dżunglowy (pol) · křeček Majorův (ces) · madagaskarinylänkötupsukas (fin) · Соневидный хомяк Майера (rus) · メジャーフデオアシナガマウス (jpn)

First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6 vol.16 p.164

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: Morphologically similar to and presumably closely related with E. penicillatus (Carleton, 1994).

Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae

distribution

Distribution: Middle to upper montane forest, 1000 - 2000 m, E Madagascar, from Montagne d’Ambre in the north to the Anosyenne Mountains in the south.

Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae

materials_examined

Type Locality: Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Ambohimitambo forest, 4500 ft (1372 m).

Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar: known from three widely isolated localities in N, C, and S highlands.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

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