Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding
The “scaly-tailed squirrels” of the rodent family Anomaluridae have a long evolutionary history in Africa, and are now represented by two gliding genera (Anomalurus and Idiurus) and a rare and obscure genus (Zenkerella) that has never been observed alive by mammalogists. Zenkerella shows no anatomic...
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-08-01
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