Anomaluridae
Author
Don E. Wilson
Author
Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Author
Russell A. Mittermeier
text
2016
2016-07-31
Lynx Edicions
Barcelona
Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I
270
279
book chapter
57635
10.5281/zenodo.6584330
b6ffe202-140d-402d-933b-14bb6d1c6071
978-84-941892-3-4
6584330
Family
ANOMALURIDAE
(ANOMALURES)
• Small to large-sized arboreal, mainly gliding, rodents with long, fine fur and a gliding membrane or patagium in all except one non-gliding species.
• 15-90 cm.
• Afrotropical Region.
Montane, lowlands rainforests, and woodlands.
3 genera, 7 species, 9 taxa.
No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.