Pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel
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| image = Idiurus zenkeri Museum de Genève.JPG
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Idiurus
| species = zenkeri
| authority = Matschie, 1894
| range_map = Idiurus zenkeri distribution (colored).png
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The pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Idiurus zenkeri) is a species of rodent in the family Anomaluridae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Diseases
The metanalysis of Peterson et al., 2004 shows Idiurus zenkeri is a probable source of some zoonotic outbreaks.
:{{Cite journal|journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases|volume=10|issue=12|year=2004|pages=2073–2081|first1=A. Townsend|last1=Peterson|first2=Darin S.|last2=Carroll|first3=James N.|last3=Mills|first4=Karl M.|last4=Johnson|s2cid=6269915|pmc=3323391|pmid=15663841|doi=10.3201/eid1012.040346|title=Potential Mammalian Filovirus Reservoirs}}
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:Cited by Baseler et al., 2017, Olival & Hayman 2011, Anderson et al., 2011 and others.
References
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- 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.
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pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel
Category:Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel
Category:Taxa named by Paul Matschie
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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