Cameroon Scaly-tail

Cameroon Scaly-tail

Taxobox
name = Cameroon Scaly-tail
fossil_range = Early Miocene - Recent


status = DD
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Anomaluridae
subfamilia = Zenkerellinae
genus = "Zenkerella"
genus_authority = Matschie, 1898
species = "Z. insignis"
binomial = "Zenkerella insignis"
binomial_authority = Matschie, 1898
synonyms = The Cameroon Scaly-tail or Flightless Scaly-tailed Squirrel ("Zenkerella insignis") is a species of rodent in the Anomaluridae family. It is the only species in the genus "Zenkerella". It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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.
* Hutterer, R. & Decher, J. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/23204/all Zenkerella insignis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.


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