Eliurus webbi Ellerman 1949
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Eliurus webbi Ellerman 1949 |
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Eliurus webbi Ellerman 1949 , 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).
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