Graphiurus

Genus of rodents

African dormouse
Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
African dormouse, Graphiurus sp. (murinus?)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Subfamily: Graphiurinae
Winge, 1887
Genus: Graphiurus
Smuts, 1832
Type species
Sciurus ocularis[1]
Species

Graphiurus angolensis
Graphiurus christyi
Graphiurus crassicaudatus
Graphiurus johnstoni
Graphiurus kelleni
Graphiurus lorraineus
Graphiurus microtis
Graphiurus monardi
Graphiurus murinus
Graphiurus nagtglasii
Graphiurus ocularis
Graphiurus platyops
Graphiurus rupicola
Graphiurus surdus
Graphiurus walterverheyeni

The African dormice (genus Graphiurus) are dormice that live throughout sub-Saharan Africa in a variety of habitats. They are very agile climbers and have bushy tails. They eat invertebrates and small vertebrates.[2]

Species

Genus Graphiurus, African dormice

Gallery

  • Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) – male
    Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) – male
  • Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) – three males in a knot-hole
    Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) – three males in a knot-hole
  • Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) – two adults eating a nectarine
    Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) – two adults eating a nectarine

References

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals, Jonathan Kingdon (2004) Russel Friedman Books ISBN 1-875091-14-9
  3. ^ 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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Extant species of family Gliridae (Dormice)
Graphiurinae
Graphiurus
(African dormice)
  • Angolan African dormouse (Graphiurus angolensis)
  • Christy's dormouse (Graphiurus christyi)
  • Jentink's dormouse (Graphiurus crassicaudatus)
  • Johnston's African dormouse (Graphiurus johnstoni)
  • Kellen's dormouse (Graphiurus kelleni)
  • Lorrain dormouse (Graphiurus lorraineus)
  • Small-eared dormouse (Graphiurus microtis)
  • Monard's dormouse (Graphiurus monardi)
  • Woodland dormouse (Graphiurus murinus)
  • Nagtglas's African dormouse (Graphiurus nagtglasii)
  • Spectacled dormouse/Namtap (Graphiurus ocularis)
  • Rock dormouse (Graphiurus platyops)
  • Stone dormouse (Graphiurus rupicola)
  • Silent dormouse (Graphiurus surdus)
  • Walter Verheyen's African dormouse (Graphiurus walterverheyeni)
Leithiinae
Chaetocauda
  • Chinese dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis)
Dryomys
(Forest dormice)
  • Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger)
  • Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri)
  • Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)
Eliomys
  • Asian garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus)
  • Maghreb garden dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus)
  • Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
Muscardinus
  • Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Myomimus
  • Masked mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus personatus)
  • Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi)
  • Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus setzeri)
Selevinia
  • Desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)
Glirinae
Glirulus
  • Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
Glis
  • Edible dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Iranian edible dormouse (Glis persicus)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Graphiurus


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