Lesser tufted-tailed rat

Lesser tufted-tailed rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Nesomyidae
Genus:	Eliurus
Species:	E. minor
Binomial name
Eliurus minor Major, 1896
Lesser tufted-tailed rat range

The lesser tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus minor) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found only in Madagascar.

References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Eliurus minor. 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.