Webb's Tufted-tailed Rat
Eliurus webbi Ellerman, 1949
Also calledRat-loir de Webb (fra) · Ratto coda a ciuffo di Webb (ita) · kitkowiec norowy (pol) · křeček Webbův (ces) · madagaskarinrannikkotupsukas (fin) · Соневидный хомяк Уэбба (rus) · ウェブフデオアシナガマウス (jpn)
First described in: Families and Genera of Living Rodents vol.3 App. II p.163
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Geographic variation evaluated by Carleton and Goodman (2000). Sister species of E. tanala according to phylogenetic interpretation of mitochondrial DNA sequences (Jansa et al., 1999).
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
distribution
Distribution: Lowland rainforest, sea level- 1150 m, E Madagascar, from Montagne d’Ambre in the north to southernmost reaches of the Anosyenne and Vohimena Mountains, including littoral forests in the extreme southeast.
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., 20 mi (32 km) S Farafangana.
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Substantial variation exhibited by populations allocated to this species deserves additional scrutiny.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438524.