Plasmodium anomaluri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species, P. anomaluri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
| Plasmodium anomaluri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. anomaluri |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium anomaluri |
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The parasite was first described by Pringle in 1960.
This species occurs in Africa.
Not known.
This species infects African flying squirrels (Anomalurus species).