Graphiurus
| 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 |
| Species | |
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Graphiurus angolensis | |
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.[1]
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 [2]
Gallery
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Graphiurus sp.(probably murinus) - three males in a knot-hole
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Graphiurus sp.(probably murinus) - male, look at the "bushy tail"
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Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) - two adults eating a nectarine (compare size!)
References
- ↑ The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals, Jonathan Kingdon (2004) Russel Friedman Books 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