''Anomalurus'' is the largest
genus
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in the
rodent
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family
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Anomaluridae, with four
species
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.
It is the only genus in the subfamily Anomalurinae.
Species
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A. beecrofti'' - Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel
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A. derbianus'' - Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel
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A. pelii'' - Pel's scaly-tailed squirrel
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A. pusillus'' - dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel
Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel, ''Anomalurus beecrofti'', is sometimes moved to its own genus, ''
Anomalurops
Beecroft's flying squirrel (''Anomalurus beecrofti'') or Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Anomaluridae. Some authorities consider it to be monotypic within the genus ''Anomalurops''. Its natural habitats are ...
'', 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.
Anomalures
Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse
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