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| African dormouse Temporal range: late Pliocene to Recent | |
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| African Dormouse, Graphiurus spec. (murinus?) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Graphiurinae Winge, 1887 |
| Genus: | Graphiurus Smuts, 1832 |
The African dormouse, Graphiurus, is a genus of dormouse that lives throughout sub-Saharan Africa in different habitats. They are good at climbing. They have bushy tails. They eat invertebrates and small vertebrates.[1]
Species |
Graphiurus angolensis - Angolan African dormouse
Graphiurus christyi - Christy's dormouse
Graphiurus crassicaudatus - Jentink's dormouse
Graphiurus johnstoni - Jouhnston's African dormouse
Graphiurus kelleni - Kellen's dormouse
Graphiurus lorraineus - Lorrain dormouse
Graphiurus microtis - Small-eared dormouse
Graphiurus monardi - Monard's dormouse
Graphiurus murinus - Woodland dormouse
Graphiurus nagtglasii - Nagtglas's African dormouse
Graphiurus ocularis - Spectacled dormouse
Graphiurus platyops - Rock dormouse
Graphiurus rupicola - Stone dormouse
Graphiurus surdus - Silent dormouse
Graphiurus walterverheyeni [2]
Gallery |
Graphiurus sp.(probably murinus) - three males in a knot-hole
Graphiurus sp.(probably murinus) - male, look at the "bushy tail"
Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) - two adults eating a nectarine (compare size!)
References |
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↑ Systematic revision of Sub-Saharan African Dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae: Graphiurus) Part II: Description of a new species of Graphiurus from the Central Congo Basin, including morphological and ecological niche comparisons with G. crassicaudatus and G. lorraineus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331 :314-355. 2009
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