Daniel's Tuft-tailed Rat
Eliurus danieli Carleton & Goodman, 2007
Also calledDaniel-Bilchschwanz (deu) · Rat-loir de Daniel (fra) · kitkowiec skryty (pol)
First described in: Carleton, Michael D., and Steven M. Goodman. (2007). A new species of the Eliurus majori complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae) from south-central Madagascar, with remarks on emergent species groupings in the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates, No. 3547.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Daniel’s Tufted-tail Rat is nocturnal and terrestrial. All known species have been captured at base of large exposed sedimentary rock outcrops.
Nesomyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Only known from sandstone canyons with transitional western dry and eastern humid forest vegetation or gallery forest at elevations of 600 - 700 m. Daniel’s Tufted-tail Rat is notstrictly forest-dependent; a few individuals have been captured in close proximity but outside of natural forest.
Nesomyidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Nesomyidae
breeding
Breeding. Daniel’s Tufted-tail Rat have three pairs of mammae.
Nesomyidae
In the stacks
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5786782.