Anomalurus pusillus

O. Thomas, 1887

Lesser 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

Thomas, O. 1887-11-30. Diagnoses of two new Central-African Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)20(120):440.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30032600

Original name as described

Anomalurus pusillus

Other common names

Dwarf Anomalure · Dwarf Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel · Dwarf Scaly-tailed Squirrel · Little Flying Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1887.12.1.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/51d73654-d784-49ae-b552-2285a66f08c0

Type locality

"Bellima and Tingasi, Monbuttu" (= Niangara, DR Congo).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Liberia · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001842

Country distribution map

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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 pusillus

O. Thomas, 1887

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.12.1.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/51d73654-d784-49ae-b552-2285a66f08c0

Authority page

440

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30032600

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. Corbet & Hill (1980:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)
  5. Happold (2013:610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1553/22183419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Anomalurus Batesi

de Winton, 1897

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

batesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.1.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d8384b9-51e9-4823-b7f9-18ef9555c9ee

Authority page

524

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415516

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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