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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...
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pygmy scaly-tails,
pygmy scaly-tailed
flying squirrels, or
pygmy anomalures are not true mice, not true squirrels, and are not
capable of true flight...
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Anomaluromorpha is a
clade that
unites the
anomalures, springhares, and zenkerella. It has
alternately been
designated as
either a
suborder or infraorder...
- Z.
insignis is the only
anomalure that
lacks patagia (membranes that span
between the
forelimbs and hindlimbs).
Anomalures that
possess patagia are able...
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kangaroo rats, and
kangaroo mice
Pedetidae –
springhares Anomaluridae –
anomalures "NATURAL
HISTORY OF THE
MAMMALIA OF
INDIA AND CEYLON". Carleton, M. D...
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birds and bats respectively.
Flying squirrels,
sugar gliders, colugos,
anomalures and
other mammals also have
patagia that
extend between the limbs; as...
- Uganda.
Fossils have been
found as far
north as Turkey.
Together with the
anomalures and zenkerella,
Pedetidae forms the
suborder Anomaluromorpha. The fossil...
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supplements this with leaves, meat from
small vertebrates, such as
anomalures,
flying squirrels and duikers, and invertebrates. In some instances, bonobos...
- patches, they can
increase the
amount of
foraging time.
Mammals portal Anomalure, aka: scaly-tailed
squirrel Flying and
gliding animals Gliding possum...
- and Cordeiro, N. J. (2006).
Gliding characteristics of Lord Derby's
Anomalure (Anomalurus derbi****) in Tanzania.
African J. Ecol. 44: 106-108. Dieterlen...
