Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel
Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Anomaluridae |
Genus: | Anomalurus |
Species: | A. derbianus
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Binomial name | |
Anomalurus derbianus (J. E. Gray, 1842)
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Synonyms | |
Anomalurus beldeni |
Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel[1] (Anomalurus derbianus) is an anomalurid rodent native to Africa. It was named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby.
Range and habitat
Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel lives in tropical and subtropical rainforests in western and central Africa. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Behavior
Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel is
References
- Animal diversity web on Anomalurus derbianus
- Corbin, C., and Cordeiro, N. J. (2006). Gliding characteristics of Lord Derby's Anomalure (Anomalurus derbianus) in Tanzania. African J. Ecol. 44: 106-108.
- 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.