White-tipped tufted-tailed rat

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White-tipped tufted-tailed rat
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Nesomyidae Subfamily: Nesomyinae Genus: Eliurus Species: E. penicillatus
Binomial name
Eliurus penicillatus Thomas, 1908

The White-tipped tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus penicillatus) is a rodent found only on the island of Madagascar. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss.

[edit] References

• Baillie (1996). Eliurus penicillatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2c v2.3)
• 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.

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