ANOMALURIDAE Gervais, 1849

Amori, Giovanni, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Decher, Jan, Assou, Delagnon, Gippoliti, Spartaco & Luiselli, Luca, 2016, Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 201-244 : 225-226

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scientific name

ANOMALURIDAE Gervais, 1849
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Family ANOMALURIDAE Gervais, 1849 View in CoL

Anomalurus beecrofti Fraser, 1853 ▶ ( Fig. 25 View FIG )

HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — This species was first cited from Togo by Matschie (1893b).

VOUCHERS. — Nine records, collected by the African Mammal Project at Ezimé, are currently stored at NMNH; and other vouchers are from Apéyémé, Edifou, Misahohe, and Gugu ( Robbins & Van der Straeten 1996; ZMB database). In November 1999 a specimen was collected at Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary (Wli Waterfall), Ghana, just across the border from Togo (Decher & Abedi-Larteh 2002) .

REMARK

This species is known from forest and forest-mosaic habitats in southern Togo ( Fig. 25 View FIG ).

Anomalurus derbianus (Gray, 1842)

HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — This species was recorded in Togodo National Park and in Godjinme forest in southern Togo ( Segniagbeto et al. 2015a). Although no museum voucher seems available from Togo, there is a single voucher from eastern Ghana ( Schunke & Hutterer 2005). This species was first cited forTogo by Matschie (1893b).

Anomalurus pelii Schlegel & Müller, 1845

REMARK

This species was cited from Asante ( Ghana) by Matschie (1893b), but would be absent from Togo according to IUCN (2014).

MATSCHIE P. 1893 b. - Saugethiere des Togogebietes, in Beitrage zur Fauna des Togolandes. Mittheilungen aus den deutschen Schutzegebieten 6: 162 - 180.

ROBBINS C. B. & VAN DER STRAETEN E. 1996. - Small mammals of Togo and Benin. II. Rodentia. Mammalia 60: 231 - 242.

SCHUNKE A. C. & HUTTERER R. 2005. - The variance of variation: geographic patterns of coat colouration in Anomalurops and Anomalurus (Mammalia, Rodentia, Anomaluridae). Bonner zoologische Beitrage 53: 169 - 185.

SEGNIAGBETO G. H., ASSOU D. & KOUDZO K. K. 2015 a. - Evaluation du potentiel de mammiferes et de reptiles dans le Parc national de Togodo, la foret sacree de Godjinme et les 5 mares d'Afito. Projet RBT Delta du Mon, GIZ-Togo, 65 p.

Gallery Image

FIG. 25.— Anomalurus beecrofti Fraser,1853 from southern Togo.Photograph: Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto.

ZMB

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Anomaluridae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Anomaluridae

Genus

Anomalurus