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    Webb's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus webbi) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical...
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    Nesomyinae (redirect from Malagasy rat)
    tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus danieli Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus grandidieri Major's tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus majori Lesser tufted-tailed...
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    The lesser tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus minor) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Kennerley, R. (2016). "Eliurus...
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  • The white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus) also known as the white-tailed mouse, is the only member of the subfamily Mystromyinae in the family Nesomyidae...
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  • Thumbnail for Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat
    Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat is most closely related to Petter's tufted-tailed rat, E. petteri. However, Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat is the smaller of...
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    The Tsingy tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus antsingy) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is endemic to western and northern Madagascar, and...
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    other African muroids such as climbing mice, Malagasy mice, and the white-tailed rat. All nesomyids are in the superfamily Muroidea, a large and complex clade...
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  • tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus majori LC Lesser tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus minor LC Dormouse tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus myoxinus LC White-tipped tufted-tailed...
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    tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus grandidieri Major's tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus majori Lesser tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus minor Dormouse tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus...
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  • Petter's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus petteri) is a rodent in the genus Eliurus found in lowland eastern Madagascar. First described in 1994, it is most...
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  • Thumbnail for Daniel's tufted-tailed rat
    Daniel's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus danieli) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It was discovered in 2003 in the Parc National de l’Isalo...
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    The dormouse tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus myoxinus) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Goodman, S. (2016)...
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    The Tanala tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus tanala) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Notes taxonomy. "Taxonomy...
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    an ancient radiation of African and Malagasy muroids. The name "pouched rat" refers to their large cheek pouches. The species are: Females have been...
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    pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), also commonly known as the African giant pouched rat, is a species of nocturnal pouched rat of the giant pouched rat genus...
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  • Thumbnail for Emin's pouched rat
    Emin's pouched rat (Cricetomys emini), also known as the African pouched rat, is a large rat of the muroid superfamily. It is related to Cricetomys gambianus...
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    The Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena), also known as the votsotsa or votsovotsa, is a nesomyid rodent found only in the Menabe region of Madagascar...
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    The white-tipped tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus penicillatus) is a rodent endemic to Madagascar. It is known from only two specimens, one collected from Ampitambe...
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  • Thumbnail for Ellerman's tufted-tailed rat
    Ellerman's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus ellermani) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is endemic to eastern Madagascar. As only two specimens...
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  • Thumbnail for Major's tufted-tailed rat
    Major's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus majori) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical...
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    are relatively rare and have restricted geographic distributions. The link rat, Deomys ferugineus, has been traditionally placed in this subfamily, but...
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  • Thumbnail for Southern giant pouched rat
    The southern giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is distributed in the savannah of East and Southern...
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    tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus ellermani) Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus grandidieri) Major's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus majori) Lesser tufted-tailed...
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  • The Ankarana Special Reserve tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus carletoni) (synonymous with Eliurus sp. SAJ-2009a) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae...
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    tufted-tailed rat Eliurus majori - Major's tufted-tailed rat Eliurus minor - lesser tufted-tailed rat Eliurus myoxinus - dormouse tufted-tailed rat Eliurus...
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  • The greater hamster-rat, greater long-tailed pouched rat, or long-tailed pouched rat (Beamys major) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It...
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    mousesack or the black-tailed phascogale, is a rat-sized arboreal carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, characterized by a tuft of black silky hairs...
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    The lesser hamster-rat or long-tailed pouched rat (Beamys hindei) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania....
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    The hairy-tailed antsangy (Brachytarsomys villosa) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Kennerley, R.; Goodman...
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  • Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat Major's tufted-tailed rat Lesser tufted-tailed rat Dormouse tufted-tailed rat Tanala tufted-tailed rat Webb's tufted-tailed rat Voalavoanala...
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