''Zenkerella'' is a genus of rodent, the only member of the family Zenkerellidae. It was formerly classified in Anomaluridae until phylogenetic studies made its distinctiveness clear. While the

Anomalurus ''Anomalurus'' is the largest genus in the rodent family Anomaluridae, with four species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often ...

of the family Anomaluridae has gliding membranes between its forelimb and hindlimb, the Zenkerella has no such adaptation. It is estimated from fossil records that this divergence might have occurred in the middle of the Eocene. There is a single extant and a single fossil representative. The fossil species ''

Zenkerella wintoni ''Zenkerella wintoni'' is in extinct species of rodent from the family Zenkerellidae. It is known from a single mandible from Songhor, Kenya dated to the Early Miocene The Early Miocene (also known as Lower Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Mioc ...

'' is known from a single mandible from Songhor, Kenya dated to the Early Miocene.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q19717489 Rodent genera Mammal genera with one living species Taxa named by Paul Matschie Anomaluromorpha