Biology:Pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel

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Short description: Species of rodent

Pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel
Idiurus zenkeri Museum de Genève.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Anomaluridae
Genus: Idiurus
Species:
I. zenkeri
Binomial name
Idiurus zenkeri
Matschie, 1894
Idiurus zenkeri distribution (colored).png

The pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Idiurus zenkeri) is a species of rodent in the family Anomaluridae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Diseases

The metanalysis of Peterson et al., 2004 shows Idiurus zenkeri is a probable source of some zoonotic outbreaks.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hutterer, R. (2016). "Idiurus zenkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T10796A22183649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10796A22183649.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10796/22183649. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. ↑
    Peterson, A. Townsend; Carroll, Darin S.; Mills, James N.; Johnson, Karl M. (2004). "Potential Mammalian Filovirus Reservoirs". Emerging Infectious Diseases 10 (12): 2073–2081. doi:10.3201/eid1012.040346. PMID 15663841. 
    Cited by Baseler et al., 2017, Olival & Hayman 2011, Anderson et al., 2011 and others.
  • 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 ☰ Q307834 entry




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