Voalavo Carleton and Goodman 1998

Voalavo Carleton and Goodman 1998, Fieldiana Zool., n. s., 90: 182.

Type Species: Voalavo gymnocaudus Carleton and Goodman 1998

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Voalavo gymnocaudus Carleton and Goodman 1998

Discussion: Sister genus to Eliurus based on morphological features (Carleton and Goodman, 1998). Generic status questioned by phylogenetic study of cytochrome b data, in which Voalavo gymnocaudus is grouped as sister species to Eliurus grandidieri, the two forming a basal clade to all other Eliurus (Jansa et al., 1999) .