Pel's flying squirrel
| Pel's Flying Squirrel | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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A. p. auzembergeri Matschie, 1914 | |
Pel's Flying Squirrel or Pel's Scaly-tailed Squirrel (Anomalurus pelii) is a species of rodent in the family Anomaluridae.
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
- ↑ Hutterer, R. & Decher, J. (2008). Anomalurus pelii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- 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.
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