Dwarf Scaly-tailed Squirrel

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Dwarf Scaly-tailed Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Anomaluridae
Genus: Anomalurus
Species: A. pusillus
Binomial name
Anomalurus pusillus
Thomas, 1887

The Dwarf Scaly-tailed Squirrel (Anomalurus pusillus) is a species of rodent in the Anomaluridae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

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