Webb's Tufted-Tailed Rat
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Eliurus webbi Ellerman, 1949 |
Webb's Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus webbi) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Eliurus webbi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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.