''Anomalurus'' is the largest

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Anomaluridae, with four

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. It is the only genus in the subfamily Anomalurinae.

Species

*'' A. beecrofti'' - Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel *'' A. derbianus'' - Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel *'' A. pelii'' - Pel's scaly-tailed squirrel *'' A. pusillus'' - dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel, ''Anomalurus beecrofti'', is sometimes moved to its own genus, '' Anomalurops'', but Dieterlen (2005) and other authorities consider it to be part of ''Anomalurus''.

References

*Dieterlen, F. 2005. Family Anomaluridae. Pp. 1532-1534 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Anomalures Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse {{rodent-stub