Don E. Wilson;Thomas E. Lacher, Jr;Russell A. Mittermeier
Anomaluridae
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Anomaluridae is a family of mammals within the order Rodentia. It belongs to the class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The parent taxon for this family is Anomaluromorpha. Common names for the group include anomalures, scaly-tailed flying squirrels, šupinatkovití, ウロコオリス科, and 鳞尾松鼠科. The family is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
The temporal range of Anomaluridae begins in the Priabonian. Occurrence records are held by institutions including TTU and NHMUK, with specific records from Ivory Coast and Cameroon. The family has 2,105 occurrences and 3 records in available databases.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyAnomaluridae
Les Anomaluridés (Anomaluridae) sont une famille de mammifères rongeurs souvent appelés écureuils volants bien que ne faisant pas partie des écureuils proprement dits de la famille des Sciuridae. Il faut donc les distinguer des vrais écureuils volants qui forment la tribu des Pteromyini au sein des Sciuridés. Les Anomaluridés ne se rencontrent que dans les forêts d'Afrique. Ces rongeurs se déplacent en planant grâce à une membrane, le patagium, qui relie leurs membres antérieurs aux membres postérieurs. C'est le zoologiste et paléontologue français François Louis Paul Gervais (1816-1879) qui a créé cette famille en 1849.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Anomaluridae
- Collections
- TTU, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Ivory Coast, Cameroon
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Fossil genera
- Specialized morphology
- Patagium
- Tail
- References
- External links
The Anomaluridae are a family of rodents found in central Africa. They are known as anomalures or scaly-tailed squirrels or African flying squirrels. The six extant species are classified into two genera: Anomalurus, and the smaller, Idiurus.
All anomalurids have membranes between their front and hind legs like those of the boreal flying squirrels, but they are not closely related to the flying squirrels that form the separate tribe Petauristini of the family Sciuridae. They are distinguished by two rows of pointed, raised scales on the undersides of their tails. The anatomy of their heads is quite different from that of the sciurid flying squirrels.
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