Researchers identify new species of tuft-tailed rat in Madagascar

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Jan 29, 2024, 3:40 pm131 pts
In an international effort, researchers have identified a previously unknown tuft-tailed rat (genus Eliurus) taxon in the Montagne d'Ambre forest in northern Madagascar, underscoring the region's extraordinary biodiversity. This discovery, published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, comes against a…

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