Definition of "scaly-tailed" []

• Having a scaly tail (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "A number of other species have been recently discovered in the Niger Delta that are either new to Nigeria or had not been observed west of the Cross River, such as black-fronted duiker (Cephalophus nigrifons), pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Idiurus sp.), and small green squirrel (Paraxerus poensis)."
• "Other faunal specimens identified include: pangolin Eomanis waldi, Leptictidium nasutum, anteater Eurotamandua joresi, scaly-tailed hedgehog Pholidocerus hassiacus, Macrocranion tenerum, and Macrocranion tupaiodon."
• "Among the most notable of these species: the python Morelia carinata was described as recently as 1981 and is still known only from a handful of records; the splendid tree-frog (Litoria splendida) is an exceptionally large green frog with white spotting; the scaly-tailed possum is an unusual possum in a monotypic genus; and the black grass-wren is confined to hummock grasslands in especially rugged sandstone environments."