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Anomalurus Temporal range: Middle Miocene to Recent
Anomalurus beecrofti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Anomaluridae
Subfamily:	Anomalurinae Gervais, 1849
Genus:	Anomalurus Waterhouse, 1843
Type species
Anomalurus fraseri Waterhouse, 1843
Species
Anomalurus beecrofti Anomalurus derbianus Anomalurus pelii Anomalurus 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

1. Jonathan Kingdon; David Happold; Thomas Butynski; et al. (2013). Mammals of Africa, Volumes 1-6. A&C Black. p. 603. ISBN 978-1408189962.
2. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

• 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.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia
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