Dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel
The fur on the upper parts is very variable in colour, ranging from black, grizzled grey or olive brown to mottled tan.As with other scaly-tailed flying squirrels in the genus Anomalurus, a membrane is attached between the thighs and the more basal part of the tail.Although generally an animal of lowland primary rainforest, one specimen was collected at 2,200 m (7,200 ft) in Mugaba in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[5] A morphological resemblance of the teeth and jaws with those of Lord Derby's Anomalure (Anomalurus derbianus) suggests that A. pusillus may also eat bark.[5] The tropical forests where this flying squirrel lives are under threat from timber extraction and the conversion of the land to agricultural use.