Voalavo Carleton and Goodman 1998

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 : 953

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scientific name	Voalavo Carleton and Goodman 1998
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Voalavo Carleton and Goodman 1998 , Fieldiana Zool., n. s., 90: 182.

Type Species: Voalavo gymnocaudus Carleton and Goodman 1998

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Voalavo gymnocaudus Carleton and Goodman 1998

Discussion: Sister genus to Eliurus based on morphological features ( Carleton and Goodman, 1998). Generic status questioned by phylogenetic study of cytochrome b data, in which Voalavo gymnocaudus is grouped as sister species to Eliurus grandidieri , the two forming a basal clade to all other Eliurus ( Jansa et al., 1999) .