Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

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Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Anomaluridae Genus: Idiurus Species: I. zenkeri
Binomial name
Idiurus zenkeri Matschie, 1894

The Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel (Idiurus zenkeri) is a species of rodent in the Anomaluridae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is 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. Idiurus zenkeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.

v • d • e Extant species of family Anomaluridae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Anomaluromorpha Anomalurinae 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 Idiurus Long-eared Flying Mouse (Idiurus macrotis) · Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel (Idiurus zenkeri) Zenkerella Cameroon Scaly-tail (Zenkerella insignis) Category