Eliurus webbi Ellerman 1949

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 930-955 : 950

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Eliurus webbi Ellerman 1949 View in CoL

Eliurus webbi Ellerman 1949 View in CoL , Families and Genera of Living Rodents, Vol. 3, App. II: 163.

Type Locality: Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., 20 mi (32 km) S Farafangana.

Vernacular Names: Webb's Tufted-tailed Rat.

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.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

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).