Zenkerella insignis

Matschie, 1898

Zenkerella

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Matschie, P. 1898-05-17. Herr Matschie beschrieb eine neue mit Idiurus Mtsch. verwandte Gattung der Nagethiere. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1898:23-30.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790743

Original name as described

Zenkerella insignis

Other common names

Cameroon Anomalure · Cameroon Scaly-tail · Cameroon Scaly-tailed Squirrel · Flightless Scaly-tailed Squirrel

Type material

ZMB 10085

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Kamerun, Afr. Occ., Yaunde" (= Yaoundé, Cameroon, West Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

Taxonomy notes

moved from Anomaluridae to the recently elevated Zenkerellidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Fabre, P. H., Tilak, M. K., Denys, C., Gaubert, P., Nicolas, V., Douzery, E. J., & Marivaux, L. (2018). Flightless scaly‐tailed squirrels never learned how to fly: A reappraisal of Anomaluridae phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta, 47(4), 404-417. · Adejumo, D. O., Adeyanju, T. A., & Adeyanju, T. E. (2020). Range extension and first confirmed record of the Flightless Anomalure Zenkerella insignis (Matschie, 1898)(Mammalia: Rodentia: Anomaluridae) in Nigeria. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(13), 16900-16903.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001847

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.

Aëthurus glirinus

(de Winton, 1898)

Family

Zenkerellidae

Root name

glirina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.5.4.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/336692d0-f5b3-4654-ba08-1a6da5dcb4b7

Authority page

451

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30952812

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Zenkerella insignis

Matschie, 1898

Family

Zenkerellidae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 10085

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790743

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, 392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9686)
  4. Happold (2013:616) (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 #23204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23204/22183548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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