Meaning of scaletail | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of the scaly-tailed species of flying squirrel, especially of Zenkerella insignis; a Cameroon scaly-tail.

Examples

“There is to be found in Africa, only, a flying-squirrel so different in structure⟳ and relationships that it is held to represent⟳ a separate⟳ order⟳ by some zoölogists, — the anomalurus lurus, or "scaletail."”

“The most generalised member of the family is the flightless scaletail (Zenkerella insignis) of West Africa, which has the appearance of a small grey squirrel, although furnished with scales on the tail.”

“Scaly-tailed flying squirrels, or scaletails, are placed in 4 genera and about 12 species, all but one of which, the flightless scaletail (Zenkerella insignis), possess⟳ gliding membranes.”

“It can be found both in the capybara and the harvest⟳ mouse, in the beaver and the squirrel, and in the meadow mouse and the scaletail.”

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