Graphiurus
| African dormouse Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
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| African dormouse, Graphiurus sp. (murinus?) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Graphiurinae Winge , 1887
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| Genus: | Graphiurus Smuts, 1832 |
| Type species | |
Sciurus ocularis[1] | |
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The African dormice (
vertebrates.[2]
Species
Genus 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, Graphiurus ocularis
- Rock dormouse, Graphiurus platyops
- Stone dormouse, Graphiurus rupicola
- Silent dormouse, Graphiurus surdus
- Graphiurus walterverheyeni[3]
Gallery
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Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) – male -
Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) – three males in a knot-hole -
Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) – two adults eating a nectarine
References
- OCLC 62265494.
- ISBN 1-875091-14-9
- ^ 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