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.

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

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