Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat

Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Eliurus
Species:
E. grandidieri
Binomial name
Eliurus grandidieri
Carleton & Goodman, 1998
2011 range

Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus grandidieri) is a species of rodent from the family Nesomyidae. Morphological evidence suggests that Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat is most closely related to Petter's tufted-tailed rat, E. petteri.[2] However, Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat is the smaller of the two species.

  1. ^ Kennerley, R. (2016). "Eliurus grandidieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T29460A22238512. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T29460A22238512.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 949. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.