Anomalurus
Genus of rodents
| Anomalurus Temporal range: Middle Miocene to Recent | |
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| Anomalurus beecrofti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Anomaluridae |
| Subfamily: | Anomalurinae Gervais, 1849 |
| Genus: | Anomalurus Waterhouse, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Anomalurus fraseri[1] Waterhouse, 1843 | |
| Species | |
| Anomalurus beecrofti | |
| Synonyms | |
| Anomalurops Matschie, 1914 | |
Anomalurus is the largest genus in the rodent family Anomaluridae, with four species.[2] It is the only genus in the subfamily Anomalurinae.
Species
- A. beecrofti - Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel
- A. derbianus - Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel
- A. pelii - Pel's scaly-tailed squirrel
- A. pusillus - dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel
Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel, Anomalurus beecrofti, is sometimes moved to its own genus, Anomalurops, but Dieterlen (2005) and other authorities consider it to be part of Anomalurus.
References
- ^ Jonathan Kingdon; David Happold; Thomas Butynski; et al. (2013). Mammals of Africa, Volumes 1-6. A&C Black. p. 603. ISBN 978-1408189962.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Dieterlen, F. 2005. Family Anomaluridae. Pp. 1532-1534 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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Extant species of family Anomaluridae (Scaly-tailed flying squirrels)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Anomaluromorpha
(Large anomalures)
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(Small anomalures)
| Idiurus |
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| Zenkerella |
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