Biology:Anomalurus

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Short description: Genus of rodents

Anomalurus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene to Recent
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Anomalurus beecrofti
Scientific classification e
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
Anomalurus derbianus
Anomalurus pelii
Anomalurus pusillus

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

  • 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.


Wikidata ☰ Q1194758 entry