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Cameroon Scaly-tail

 
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Cameroon Scaly-tail
Fossil range: Early Miocene - Recent

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Anomaluridae
Subfamily: Zenkerellinae
Genus: Zenkerella
Matschie, 1898
Species: Z. insignis
Binomial name
Zenkerella insignis
Matschie, 1898

The Cameroon Scaly-tail or Flightless Scaly-tailed Squirrel (Zenkerella insignis) is a species of rodent in the Anomaluridae family. It is the only species in the genus Zenkerella. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. & Decher, J. (2008). Zenkerella insignis. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved 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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