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Anomaluridae are a
family of
rodents found in
central Africa. They are
known as
anomalures or scaly-tailed squirrels. The six
extant species are
classified into...
- the
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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birds and bats respectively.
Flying squirrels,
sugar gliders, colugos,
anomalures and
other mammals also have
patagia that
extend between the limbs; as...
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kangaroo rats, and
kangaroo mice
Pedetidae –
springhares Anomaluridae –
anomalures Carleton, M. D. and G. G.
Musser (2005). "Order Rodentia". pp. 745–752...
- Uganda.
Fossils have been
found as far
north as Turkey.
Together with the
anomalures and zenkerella,
Pedetidae forms the
suborder Anomaluromorpha. The fossil...
- patches, they can
increase the
amount of
foraging time.
Mammals portal Anomalure, aka: scaly-tailed
squirrel Flying and
gliding animals Gliding possum...
- detail, but they
appear to be
structurally different from
pangolin scales.
Anomalures also have
scales on
their tail undersides. Foot pad
epidermal tissues...
- Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order:
Rodentia Suborder:
Anomaluromorpha Anomalurinae (Large
anomalures)
Zenkerellinae (Small
anomalures) Category...