Tanala tufted-tailed rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Cite web |last=taxonomy |title=Taxonomy browser (Eliurus tanala) |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=107286 |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}{{speciesbox

| name = Tanala tufted-tailed rat

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Kennerley, R. |date=2016 |title=Eliurus tanala |volume=2016 |page=e.T7625A22239073 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7625A22239073.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Eliurus

| species = tanala

| authority = Major, 1896

| synonyms =

| range_map = Eliurus tanala range map.svg

| range_map_caption = Tanala tufted-tailed rat range

}}

The Tanala tufted-tailed{{Cite journal |last1=Jansa |first1=Sharon A. |last2=Carleton |first2=Michael D. |last3=Soarimalala |first3=Voahangy |last4=Rakotomalala |first4=Zafimahery |last5=Goodman |first5=Steven M. |date=2019-05-08 |title=A Review of the Eliurus tanala Complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae), with Description of a New Species from Dry Forests of Western Madagascar |url=https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-american-museum-of-natural-history/volume-430/issue-1/0003-0090.430.1.1/A-Review-of-the-Eliurus-tanala-Complex-Rodentia--Muroidea/10.1206/0003-0090.430.1.1.full |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=430 |issue=1 |pages=1 |doi=10.1206/0003-0090.430.1.1 |s2cid=165061876 |issn=0003-0090}} rat (Eliurus tanala) is a species{{Cite web |title=Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus tanala) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44518-Eliurus-tanala |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}} of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar.