scaletail

English

Zenkerella insignis

Etymology

scale +‎ tail, from the scales that appear on the tails

Noun

scaletail (plural scaletails)

Any of the scaly-tailed species of flying squirrel, especially the flightless Zenkerella insignis
- 1907, Ernest Ingersoll, The life of animals: the mammals, page 446:
  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."
- 1910, Harmsworth Natural History: A Complete Survey of the Animal Kingdom, page 550:
  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.
- 1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia (10 v.), page 204:
  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.
- 2013, Pierre-P. Grassé, Evolution of Living Organisms: Evidence for a New Theory of Transformation, →ISBN, page 6:
  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.

Anagrams

elastical

单词	scaletail
释义	scaletail English Zenkerella insignis Etymology scale +‎ tail, from the scales that appear on the tails Noun scaletail (plural scaletails) Any of the scaly-tailed species of flying squirrel, especially the flightless Zenkerella insignis 1907, Ernest Ingersoll, The life of animals: the mammals, page 446: 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." 1910, Harmsworth Natural History: A Complete Survey of the Animal Kingdom, page 550: 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. 1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia (10 v.), page 204: 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. 2013, Pierre-P. Grassé, Evolution of Living Organisms: Evidence for a New Theory of Transformation, →ISBN, page 6: 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. Anagrams elastical
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