Major's tufted-tailed rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 ofrodent in the familyNesomyidae. It is found only inMadagascar. Its naturalhabitat is subtropical or tropical dryforests. It is threatened byhabitat loss. The species was named in honor of Swiss zoologistC. I. Forsyth Major.

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531in 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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