Cameroon scaly-tail

Cameroon scaly-tail
Temporal range: Early Miocene to recent (genus)[1] 20–0 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Zenkerellidae
Genus: Zenkerella
Species:
Z. insignis
Binomial name
Zenkerella insignis
Matschie, 1898

The Cameroon scaly-tail (Zenkerella insignis), also referred to as the Cameroon anomalure, flightless anomalure or flightless scaly-tail,[3] is a rodent species endemic to West Central Africa.[3][4][5] The scientific literature has never (or possibly only obscurely) reported observations of live individuals.[3][4][6] The taxonomic classification of the species has been subject to recent revision.

  1. ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  2. ^ Hutterer, R.; Decher, J. (2017). "Zenkerella insignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T23204A22183548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T23204A22183548.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Kingdon, J (2013). "Family Anomaluridae: Anomalures". In Happold DCD (ed.). Mammals of Africa. Volume III: rodents, hares and rabbits. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 602–617.
  4. ^ a b Nowak, RM (1999). Walker's Mammals of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1617–1620.
  5. ^ Pérez del Val, J.; Juste, J.; Castroviejo, J. (1995). "A review of Zenkerekka insignis, Matschie, 1898 (Rodentia, Anomaluridae) first records in Bioko island (Equatorial Guinea)". Mammalia. 59 (3): 441–443. doi:10.1515/mamm.1995.59.3.437. hdl:10261/49354.
  6. ^ Heritage, S.; Fernández, D.; Sallam, H. M.; Cronin, D. T.; Echube, J. M. E.; Seiffert, E. R. (2016). "Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding". PeerJ. 4: e2320. doi:10.7717/peerj.2320. PMC 4991859. PMID 27602286.