plasmodium anomaluri plasmodium anomaluri plasmodium anomaluri is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus vinckeia. as in all plasmodium species, p. anomaluri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals. plasmodium anomaluri scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. anomaluri binomial name plasmodium anomaluripringle, 1960 taxonomy the parasite was first described by pringle in 1960. distribution this species is found in tanzania. vectors not known. hosts this species infects african flying squirrels (anomalurus fraseri orientalis).