Eliurus penicillatus Thomas, 1908 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2:453.

TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Ampitambe .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

COMMENTS: Tentatively retained as a species by Carleton (1993) but its level of differentiation from E. majori requires further study.