Major's tufted-tailed rat

Major's tufted-tailed rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Nesomyidae
Genus:	Eliurus
Species:	E. majori
Binomial name
Eliurus majori Thomas, 1895
Major's Tufted-tailed Rat range

Major's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus majori) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species was named in honor of Swiss zoologist C. I. Forsyth Major.

References

1. Kennerley, R. (2016). "Eliurus majori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T7622A22238442. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7622A22238442.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.

• 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.