Anomalurus pusillus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Anomaluridae/Anomalurus

At a glance

Occurrence records83

Data sources10

Biological traits14

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources10 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility83 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

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 sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF83 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

The dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel (Anomalurus pusillus) 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, Gabon and Uganda. The species is nocturnal and arboreal and lives in subtropical or tropical lowland rainforest. Membranes attached to its limbs and tail enable it to glide between trees. This squirrel is currently not considered to be threatened by habitat destruction; "much of the habitat within parts of the known range of this species is relatively intact, and the species is unlikely to be experiencing any significant declines."

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPanTHERIAAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology3

Body mass250 g

Head body length197 mm

SVL19.66 cm

Diet & foraging4

Fruit40 %

Invertebrate10 %

Nectar10 %

Plant other40 %

Habitat & environment2

Habitat breadth1

Terrestriality2.00

Physiology & chemistry2

Precipitation mean155 mm

Temperature mean243 decidegC

Other traits3

Activity cycle1.00

Foraging stratumAr

Population density6.22 /km²

05DNA & barcoding2 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 pusillus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type83 records

Wild obs. + sensor11

Museum / vouchered72

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO148 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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 5≤10 km 5

10 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor11

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 6

7 georeferenced · 65 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence72

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 institutions5 of 7 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	60
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	3
Brussels, BE	3
Paris, FR	2
Stockholm, SE	2
Wuzhou, CN	1
Washington, US	1

7 institutions · 72 of 72 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Anomalurus pusillus 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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.