| Ankarana Special Reserve Tufted-tailed Rat Temporal range: Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Nesomyinae |
| Genus: | Eliurus |
| Species: | E. carletoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Eliurus carletoni |
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Eliurus carletoni (synonymous with Eliurus sp. SAJ-2009a) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. First described in 2009, it is commonly known as the Ankarana Special Reserve Tufted-tailed Rat. It is endemic to Madagascar.[1][2][3]