Pel's Flying Squirrel

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Pel's Flying Squirrel
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Anomaluridae Genus: Anomalurus Species: A. pelii
Binomial name
Anomalurus pelii (Schlegel & Müller, 1845)
Subspecies
A. p. auzembergeri Matschie, 1914 A. p. pelii Schlegel & Müller

Pel's Flying Squirrel or Pel's Scaly-tailed Squirrel (Anomalurus pelii) is a species of rodent in the Anomaluridae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• Dieterlen, F. 2005. Family Anomaluridae. Pp. 1532-1534 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Hutterer, R. & Decher, J. 2004. Anomalurus pelii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.

v • d • e Extant species of family Anomaluridae (Scaly-tailed flying squirrels) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Anomaluromorpha Anomalurinae (Large anomalures) Anomalurus Beecroft's Flying Squirrel (Anomalurus beecrofti) · Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Anomalurus derbianus) · Pel's Flying Squirrel (Anomalurus pelii) · Dwarf Scaly-tailed Squirrel (Anomalurus pusillus) Zenkerellinae (Small anomalures) Idiurus Long-eared Flying Mouse (Idiurus macrotis) · Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel (Idiurus zenkeri) Zenkerella Cameroon Scaly-tail (Zenkerella insignis) Category