A survey of small mammals in the Volta Region of Ghana with comments on zoogeography and conservation Author Decher, Jan Mammal Section, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn (Germany) and Department of Biology, University of Vermont. Burlington, Vermont 05405 (USA) j. decher @ leibniz-zfmk. de Author Norris, Ryan W. Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University at Lima, Lima, OH 45804 (USA) ryanwnorris @ gmail. com ryanwnorris@gmail.com Author Abedi-Lartey, Michael Golden Veroleum (Liberia) Inc., Monrovia Office: Unit 102, Wazni Building, 13 th Street and Tubman Boulevard, Sinkor, Monrovia (Liberia) Author Oppong, James Wildlife Division, Forestry Commission, P. O. Box M 239, Accra (Ghana) Author Hutterer, Rainer Mammal Section, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn (Germany) Author Weinbrenner, Martin Philosophenweg 12, 77654 Offenburg (Germany) Author Koch, Martin Department of Biogeography, University of Trier, Universitätsring 15, D- 54296 Trier (Germany) Author Podsiadlowski, Lars Mammal Section, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn (Germany) Author Kilpatrick, C. William Department of Biology, University of Vermont. Burlington, Vermont 05405 (USA) wkilpatr @ uvm. edu wkilpatr@uvm.edu text Zoosystema 2021 2021-05-20 43 14 253 281 journal article 6523 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a14 b1eb9973-f581-4a60-9c87-68b7ae4b3591 1638-9387 4783781 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7008A933-FE5E-405E-BBAD-8C06D2A8807D Anomalurus beecrofti Fraser, 1852 Anomalurus beecrofti Fraser, 1852: 17 . COMMON NAME. — Beecroft’s Anomalure; EWE: Kasanui , Vava. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary • 1 ♀ ; ZTNHC 950 . REMARK This specimen was brought to us by a local hunter, on 19 November 1999 . In the Volta Region a previous record is from the vicinity of Jasikan ( Grubb et al. 1998 ) and it was observed at Kyabobo National Park by Hurst et al. (1995) . In the Togo Highlands A. beecrofti was previously recorded from Apéyémé, Edifou, Ezimé and Misahohé ( Robbins & Van der Straeten 1996 ; USNM). Grubb et al. (1998) followed Rosevear (1969) in using the generic name Anomalurops Matschie, 1914 for this species; we follow Dieterlen (2005) and Kingdon (2013) in the use of Anomalurus Waterhouse, 1843 . CONSERVATION STATUS. — Anomalurus beecrofti is listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List, however, progressive forest fragmentation with the loss of mature trees, specifically oil palms ( Elaeis guineensis ), will greatly compromise the habitat of this treedependent glider.