Graphiurus

African dormouse
Temporal range: late Pliocene to Recent
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 sp.(probably murinus) - three males in a knot-hole
    Graphiurus sp.(probably murinus) - three males in a knot-hole
  • Graphiurus sp.(probably murinus) - male, look at the "bushy tail"
    Graphiurus sp.(probably murinus) - male, look at the "bushy tail"
  • Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) - two adults eating a nectarine (compare size!)
    Graphiurus sp. (probably murinus) - two adults eating a nectarine (compare size!)

References

  1. ↑ Kingdon, Jonathan 2004. The Kingdon pocket guide to African mammals, Russel Friedman. ISBN 1-875091-14-9
  2. ↑ 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