Anomalurus beecrofti Fraser 1852
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Anomalurus beecrofti Fraser 1852 View in CoL
Anomalurus beecrofti Fraser 1852 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1852: 17.
Type Locality: Equatorial Guinea, " Fernando Po " (= Bioko).
Vernacular Names: Beecroft's Scaly-tailed Squirrel.
Synonyms: Anomalurus argenteus Schwann 1904 ; Anomalurus chapini (J. A. Allen 1922) ; Anomalurus citrinus Thomas 1916 ; Anomalurus fulgens Gray 1869 ; Anomalurus hervoi Dekeyser and Villiers 1951 ; Anomalurus laniger Temminck 1853 ; Anomalurus schoutedeni Verheyen 1968 .
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, N Angola, Dem. Rep. Congo, W Uganda, NW Zambia.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( Ghana); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Not mentioned in Schlitter (1989).
Discussion: Belongs to the distinct genus Anomalurops according to Ansell (1978:73), Grubb et al. (1998:185), Rosevear (1969:159), and Verheyen (1968:404). Taxa argenteus and hervoi were considered "valid as a race" by Rosevear (1969); chapini and citrinus were considered "well defined subspecies" by Verheyen (1968); schoutedeni was considered a distinct species by Verheyen (1968) and by Cabral (1971). There is no proof of the validity of subspecies (A. C. Schunke, in litt.).
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Anomalurus beecrofti Fraser 1852
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005 |
Anomalurus beecrofti
Fraser 1852: 17 |