Eliurus Milne-Edwards, 1885 . Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. Paleontol. (Paris), 20: Art. 1 bis.

TYPE SPECIES: Eliurus myoxinus Milne-Edwards, 1885 .

COMMENTS: Genus arrayed as a monotypic tribe within Murinae by Ellerman (1941). Interpreted by Ellerman (1949a) as consisting only of a large polytypic species (E. myoxinus) and a small monotypic one (E. minor). Revised by Carleton (1993), who recognized 6 species and summarized their morphological identification and distributions.