Idiurus zenkeri

Matschie, 1894

Zenker's Pygmy Anomalure

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Matschie, P. 1894. Derselbe legte hierauf neue Säugethiere aus den Sammlungen der Herren Zenker, Neumann, Stuhlmann und Emin vor. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1894:194-206.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581307

Original name as described

Idiurus zenkeri

Other common names

Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel · Zenker's Flying Squirrel

Type material

ZMB 7993

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Yaunde-Station" (= Yaoundé, Cameroon, West Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001844

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.

Idiurus zenkeri haymani

W. N. Verheyen, 1963

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

haymani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1948.885

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/53c2b270-bc4e-4b05-a6d5-a027e458c73a

Authority page

181

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

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

Idiurus zenkeri

Matschie, 1894

Family

Anomaluridae

Root name

zenkeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 7993

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581307

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

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 (2013:614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10796/22183649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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