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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Main Authors: Steven Heritage, David Fernández, Hesham M. Sallam, Drew T. Cronin, José Manuel Esara Echube, Erik R. Seiffert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2320.pdf