Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel

Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Anomaluridae
Genus:	Anomalurus
Species:	A. derbianus
Binomial name
	Anomalurus derbianus; (J.E. Gray, 1842)
Synonyms
	Anomalurus beldeni ; Anomalurus chrysophaenus ; Anomalurus cinereus ; Anomalurus erythronotus ; Anomalurus fraseri ; Anomalurus jacksoni ; Anomalurus neavei ; Anomalurus nigrensis ; Anomalurus orientalis ; Anomalurus squamicaudus

Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel (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. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Behavior

Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel is nocturnal, and will sleep in nests in holes in trees. They live either alone or in pairs. They move around by extending their membrane and gliding from tree to tree. Flights of up to 250 meters (820 feet) have been recorded. They will use the scales on the bottom of their tails to help themselves climb in the trees. Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrels are mainly herbivorous, eating plant matter such as leaves, bark, green nuts, fruit and flowers.

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References

Howell, K., Hutterer, R. & Ekué, M. (2016). "Anomalurus derbianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T1550A115056429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T1550A22183081.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link){{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)

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.

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[iucn-1] Howell, K., Hutterer, R. & Ekué, M. (2016). "Anomalurus derbianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T1550A115056429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T1550A22183081.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link){{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)