anomaluren.
Zool.
An animal of the African genus Anomalurus of rodents resembling the flying squirrels, and having projecting scales on the tail which serve for assistance in climbing; a scale-tailed squirrel.
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1876 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875 88 In external appearance the Anomalures very closely resemble the larger Flying Squirrels.
a1886 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 96 Whilst in the Flying Squirrels this spur springs from the wrist.., in the Anomalures it projects from the elbow.
1920 Brit. Museum Return 102 An Anomalure..from Sierra Leone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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