Anomalurus beecrofti

Fraser, 1853 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Anomaluridae/Anomalurus

At a glance

Occurrence records241

Data sources9

Biological traits12

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections3

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Anomalurus beecrofti's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗

Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility241 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeADW · Wikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources12 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF241 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Beecroft's flying squirrel (Anomalurus beecrofti) or Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Anomaluridae. Some authorities consider it to be monotypic within the genus Anomalurops. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat destruction but is a common species with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPanTHERIAAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology1

Body mass479 g

⚠ sources differ — PanTHERIA: 479 g · AmnioteDB: 434 g · EltonTraits: 389 g

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size0.98

Diet & foraging4

Fruit40 %

Invertebrate10 %

Nectar10 %

Plant other40 %

Habitat & environment2

Habitat breadth1

Terrestriality2.00

Physiology & chemistry2

Precipitation mean136 mm

Temperature mean253 decidegC

Other traits2

Activity cycle1.00

Foraging stratumAr

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anomalurus beecrofti has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P1 542 bp consensus3 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Diversity (π)2.1%

Haplotypes2

BINs2

Most divergent pair3.1%

Where individuals differ — all 48 variable positions, in barcode order

102Tvariable

126Tvariable

210Cvariable

216Cvariable

253Tvariable

300Avariable

333Tvariable

369Avariable

441Cvariable

474Cvariable

480Avariable

534Avariable

555Gvariable

576Cvariable

577Avariable

612Gvariable

618Tvariable

648Tvariable

702Gvariable

753Tvariable

780Cvariable

831Avariable

846Cvariable

849Avariable

852Cvariable

870Tvariable

876Gvariable

882Gvariable

912Cvariable

963Tvariable

1017Avariable

1038Cvariable

1044Tvariable

1095Cvariable

1161Tvariable

1173Cvariable

1215Gvariable

1221Cvariable

1305Tvariable

1308Avariable

1311Tvariable

1380Tvariable

1395Cvariable

1422Gvariable

1500Avariable

1521Avariable

1524Tvariable

1533Avariable

ATGTTCATCAACCGTTGATTGTTCTCAACTAACCACAAAGACATTGGAACATTGTATCTCCTATTTGGTACCTGAGCCGGAATAGTAGGG …

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

Organelle genome

Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.

▸ Tap any coloured segment — or a gene chip — to see what it is

Mitochondrion

NC_038171 ↗ · 13 protein · 22 tRNA · 2 rRNA

ND1ND2COX1COX2ATP8ATP6COX3ND3ND4LND4ND5ND6CYTB12S ribosomal RNA16S ribosomal RNA

Pick a coloured segment on the ring — or a gene chip — to read what that gene does.

protein-codingrRNAtRNA

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type241 records

Wild obs. + sensor101

Museum / vouchered113

Other27

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO720 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy68% within 1 km

≤100 m 19≤1 km 9≤10 km 12>10 km 1

41 georeferenced · 60 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor101

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy53% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 4≤10 km 3>10 km 6

19 georeferenced · 94 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence113

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions13 of 15 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Royal Museum for Central Africalocation not on record	71
Washington, US	13
Geneva, CH	6
Chicago, US	6
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	2
Brussels, BE	2
South Kensington, GB	2
Zacatecas, MX	1
Sevilla, ES	1
Barcelona, ES	1
Stockholm, SE	1
New Haven, US	1
Paris, FR	1
Cambridge, US	1
Ann Arbor, US	1

15 institutions · 110 of 113 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Anomalurus beecrofti was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found3

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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