Taxonomy Profile: Anomalurus beecrofti (Fraser 1853)

Anomalurus beecrofti: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Anomalurops chapini
J A Allen 1922
Anomalurus fulgens
Gray 1869
Anomalurus laniger
Temminck 1853
Anomalurus beecrofti hervoi
Dekeyser and Villiers 1951
Anomalurus beecrofti argenteus
Schwann 1904
Anomalurus beecrofti citrinus
Thomas 1916
Anomalurus beecrofti schoutedeni
Verheyen 1968
Common Name(s):
Beecroft's Scaly-tailed Squirrel []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Anomalurus beecrofti: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Anomaluromorpha
Family : Anomaluridae
Scaly-tailed Squirrels |
Subfamily : Anomalurinae
Genus : Anomalurus
Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrels |
Species : Anomalurus beecrofti
Beecroft's Scaly-tailed Squirrel |
Anomalurus beecrofti Direct Children(s):
Anomalurus beecrofti: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Don E. Wilson
Notes:
Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108
Reference for:
Anomalurus beecrofti
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Anomalurus beecrofti
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Anomalurus beecrofti
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Dieterlen, Fritz / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Anomaluridae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1532-1534
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Anomalurus beecrofti
Anomalurus beecrofti: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Anomalurus beecrofti: Comments
Comment:
Status: CITES - Appendix III (Ghana); IUCN - Lower Risk (lc). Not mentioned in Schlitter (1989)
Comment:
Comments: 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.)