Petter's Tuft-tailed Rat
Eliurus petteri
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Nesomyidae
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 closely related to the smaller Eliurus grandidieri. Virtually nothing is known of its natural history, except that it occurs in rainforest and is nocturnal and solitary.
Eliurus est un genre de rongeurs de la famille des Nesomyidae. Comme tous les membres de la sous-famille Nesomyinae, ces rongeurs sont endémiques de Madagascar. Ces espèces sont également arboricoles.
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Distribution
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