Anomalurus derbianus

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Lord Derby's Anomalure

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Anomaluromorphi
Family : Anomaluridae
Genus : Anomalurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324286

Original name as described

Pteromys Derbianus

Other common names

Derby's Flying Squirrel · Lord Derby's Flying Squirrel · Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel · Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed Squirrel

Type material

LIVCM-D.302

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"W. Africa, Sierra Leone."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin? · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001840

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Anomalurus Beldeni

Du Chaillu, 1860

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

beldeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 859

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249863

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus Fraseri

G. R. Waterhouse, 1842

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

fraseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.103

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1052323b-dee8-4105-adbe-fc3c4640fbff

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324178

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Pteromys squamicaudus

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

squamicaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.103

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1052323b-dee8-4105-adbe-fc3c4640fbff

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus cinereus

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.1.17.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f2dd3b00-eb17-417c-955b-486ebc6a4f63

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002094

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus Jacksoni

de Winton, 1898

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.4.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6e37566f-fc8e-4891-8038-39de3c7e0c3e

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365454

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus fraseri nigrensis

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

nigrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.10.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d42e93e6-0e43-431a-b5ef-56f8d7c77a38

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207401

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus neavei

Dollman, 1909

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

neavei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.12.13.37

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/26fd2e94-31e6-4da2-9d98-bbc3fa454f89

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071724

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus imperator

Dollman, 1911

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

imperator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.2.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cb858ccb-dfe4-4f47-b63a-1fd5bb6cd9b6

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098920

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus fraseri griselda

Dollman, 1914

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

griselda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.7.23.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5937d63e-11db-46ce-9458-338d92afac76

Authority page

490

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616725

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus jacksoni perustus

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

perustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.5.15.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/46dfda28-782c-4faf-bf4a-7ba5ea94ce52

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129810

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus jacksoni jordani

St. Leger, 1935

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

jordani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.1.6.80

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c37af2a4-f553-4e5b-a804-2c296ad50614

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15870034

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Pteromys Derbianus

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

derbianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LIVCM-D.302

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324286

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Anomalurus fraseri laticeps

Aguilar-Amat i Banús, 1922

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

laticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCNB 522 (= "82-0320")

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

53

Authority publication

Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus erythronotus

Milne-Edwards, 1879

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

erythronotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1879-2111

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

771

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3670609

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus jacksoni fortior

Lönnberg, 1917

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

fortior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM A622136

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41919127

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus orientalis

W. C. H. Peters, 1880

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5629

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36277361

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

Anomalurus derbianus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

derbianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

142

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)
  4. Happold (2013:606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1550/115056429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Anomalurus Fraserii

Temminck, 1853

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

fraserii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835894

Authority publication

Leiden

Anomalurus chrysophaenus

Dubois, 1888

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

chrysophaenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5224869

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)

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