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Eliurus (tufted-tailed rat)
Taxonomy
Eliurus was named by Milne-Edwards (1885). It is extant.
It was assigned to Nesomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004); and to Nesomyidae by Burney et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Nesomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004); and to Nesomyidae by Burney et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1885 | Eliurus Milne-Edwards |
2004 | Eliurus Steppan et al. p. 539 |
2008 | Eliurus Burney et al. p. 19 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Eliurus Milne-Edwards 1885 [tufted-tailed rat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |