Anomalurus

Taxobox
name = "Anomalurus"
fossil_range = Middle Miocene to Recent
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
subordo = Anomaluromorpha
familia = Anomaluridae
subfamilia = Anomalurinae
subfamilia_authority = Gervais, 1849
genus = "Anomalurus"
genus_authority = Waterhouse, 1843
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "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.

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

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*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.