Anomalurus

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Anomalurus
Fossil range: Middle Miocene to Recent

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Anomaluromorpha
Family:	Anomaluridae
Subfamily:	Anomalurinae Gervais, 1849
Genus:	Anomalurus Waterhouse, 1843

Species

A. beecrofti
A. derbianus
A. pelii
A. pusillus

Synonyms

Anomalurops Matschie, 1914

Anomalurus is the largest genus in the rodent family Anomaluridae, with four species. It is the only genus in the subfamily Anomalurinae.

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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

Anomalurinae
(Large anomalures)

Anomalurus

Beecroft's Flying Squirrel (Anomalurus beecrofti) · Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Anomalurus derbianus) · Pel's Flying Squirrel (Anomalurus pelii) · Dwarf Scaly-tailed Squirrel (Anomalurus pusillus)

Zenkerellinae
(Small anomalures)

Idiurus	Long-eared Flying Mouse (Idiurus macrotis) · Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel (Idiurus zenkeri)

Zenkerella	Cameroon Scaly-tail (Zenkerella insignis)