Eliurus ellermani Carleton 1994

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 : 949

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scientific name	Eliurus ellermani Carleton 1994
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Eliurus ellermani Carleton 1994 , Am. Mus. Novit., 3087: 39.

Type Locality: Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., near Hiaraka, about 18 km ESE Maroantsetra, 850 m; about 15º30′S, 49º56′E (as amended by Carleton and Goodman, 1998:181). GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Ellerman's Tufted-tailed Rat.

Distribution: Known only from two widely separated localities in NE Madagascar.

Discussion: Status uncertain; provisionally retained as distinct from the morphologically similar E. tanala (see Carleton and Goodman, 1998).