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SPECIES Anomalurus pelii

Author:Schlegel and S. Müller, 1845.
Citation:In Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Mammalia, 1(pt. 2): 109 [1843-1845].
Common Name:Pel’s Scaly-tailed Squirrel
Type Locality:Ghana, "Daboeram" ( "Daboerom (or Dabocrom), aan de Goudkust" were mis-spellings, see Grubb et al., 1998:184).
Distribution:NE Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire to Ghana.
Status:CITES – Appendix III (Ghana); IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Not mentioned in Schlitter (1989).
Comments:Kuhn (1966:337) considered auzembergeri a distinct subspecies, which was confirmed by A. C. Schunke (in litt.).
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SUBSPECIES pelii

SUBSPECIES auzembergeri

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