. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56 143 whitish-colored fur on the belly than E. antsiugy from Be- maraha (FMNH 172721), whereas all eight of the skin preparations of E. antsingy from Namoroka have white venters. Both E. carletoiii and E. antsingy have mono-col- ored tails, generally with dark-blackish brown fur along the complete length, and the caudal tuft occupies the dis- tal half of the tail. Some individuals of E. antsingy from Namoroka have notably light brown tai
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56 143 whitish-colored fur on the belly than E. antsiugy from Be- maraha (FMNH 172721), whereas all eight of the skin preparations of E. antsingy from Namoroka have white venters. Both E. carletoiii and E. antsingy have mono-col- ored tails, generally with dark-blackish brown fur along the complete length, and the caudal tuft occupies the dis- tal half of the tail. Some individuals of E. antsingy from Namoroka have notably light brown tails and reduced cau- dal tufts; these include both young adults (FMNH 178591, 178593) and full adults (FMNH 178592) and this difference does not appear to be age related. Amongst the specimens of E. carletoni there is one anomalous case (FMNH 169720), which has a small white band along its length. Other species of Eliunis with largely mono-col- ored dark-blackish brown tails include E. myoximts and E. webbi Ellerman, 1949, which can be distinguished from E. carletoni by the tail length and pilosity, as well as nu- merous craniodental characters (Carleton 1994, 2003; Carleton et al. 2001). Eliurus carletoni is distinctly smaller and lighter than E. antsingy from Bemaraha (FMNH 172271), but overlaps in all external measurements with specimens of E. ants- ingy from Namoroka (Table 1). The cranium of E. car- letoni (ONL = ^ mm) approximates the size of other moderately large members of the genus (Carleton 1994), including E. danieli and E. majori, but it is notably smaller than E. antsingy from Bemaraha (ONL = mm) and smaller on average than E. antsingy (ONL = ^ mm) from Namoroka (Table 2). The rostrum is proportionately shorter in E. carletoni (LR/ONL = ) as compared to E. antsingy from Bemara- ha (LR/ONL = ) and from Namoroka (LR/ONL = ), as well as most other members of the genus (calculated from descriptive statistics in Ca
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