Pel's flying squirrel | |
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Pel's Anomalure, Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Anomaluridae |
Genus: | Anomalurus |
Species: | A. pelii
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Binomial name | |
Anomalurus pelii | |
Subspecies | |
A. p. auzembergeri Matschie, 1914 |
Pel's flying squirrel or Pel's scaly-tailed squirrel (Anomalurus pelii) is a species of rodent in the family Anomaluridae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Ghana, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforests. It is named after Hendrik Pel.