Webb's tufted-tailed rat
Appearance
Webb's tufted-tailed rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Nesomyidae |
Genus: | Eliurus |
Species: | E. webbi
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Binomial name | |
Eliurus webbi Ellerman, 1949
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Webb's tufted-tailed rat range |
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 or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
[edit]- ^ Kennerley, R. (2016). "Eliurus webbi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7626A22239153. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7626A22239153.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.