African_dormouse

<i>Graphiurus</i>

Graphiurus

Genus of rodents

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]

Quick Facts African dormouse Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent, Scientific classification ...

Species

Genus Graphiurus, African dormice

  • 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

  1. [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. [2]
    The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals, Jonathan Kingdon (2004) Russel Friedman Books ISBN 1-875091-14-9
  3. [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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