Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel
- Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel
Taxobox
name = Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Anomaluridae
genus = "Anomalurus"
species = "A. derbianus"
binomial = "Anomalurus derbianus"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1842)
The Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel ("Anomalurus derbianus") is an anomalurid rodent native to Africa.
Range and habitat
The Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel lives in tropical and subtropical rainforests in western and central Africa. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Behavior
The Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed flying squirrel is nocturnal, and will sleep in nests in holes in trees. They live either alone or in pairs. They move around by extending their membrane and gliding from tree to tree. Flights of up to 250 meters (820 feet) have been recorded. They will use the scales on the bottom of their tails to help themselves climb in the trees. Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed flying squirrels are mainly herbivorous, eating plant matter such as leaves, bark, green nuts, fruit and flowers.
References
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Anomalurus_derbianus.html Animal diversity web on "Anomalurus derbianus"]
*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.
* Howell, K. & Hutterer, R. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/1550/all Anomalurus derbianus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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