Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Eliurus tanala Major, 1896 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18:462 . TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar , Fianarantsoa Prov. , 30 mi S Fianarantsoa , near Vinanitelo . DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar : middle to upper elevation E rain forest. COMMENTS: Distribution overlaps that of its morphologically similar congener E. webbi at lower elevations.