Pel's Flying Squirrel

Pel's Flying Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Anomaluridae
Genus: Anomalurus
Species: A. pelii
Binomial name
Anomalurus pelii
(Schlegel & Muller, 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.

References

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. & Decher, J. (2008). Anomalurus pelii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.