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 primarily eat invertebrates, with other components of their diet including small vertebrates, fruit, nuts and eggs. They represent the most diverse living genus of dormice, making up half of all living species.
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 walterverheyeni4
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References
The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals, Jonathan Kingdon (2004) Russel Friedman Books ISBN 1-875091-14-9 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩
Kastenmayer RJ, Moak HB, Jeffress EJ, Elkins WR. Management and care of African dormice (Graphiurus kelleni). J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2010 Mar;49(2):173-6. PMID: 20353691; PMCID: PMC2846004. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2846004/ ↩
Lu, Xiaoyu; Costeur, Loïc; Hugueney, Marguerite; Maridet, Olivier (2021-02-01). "New data on early Oligocene dormice (Rodentia, Gliridae) from southern Europe: phylogeny and diversification of the family". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19 (3): 169–189. Bibcode:2021JSPal..19..169L. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1888814. ISSN 1477-2019. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2021.1888814 ↩
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 /wiki/Congo_Basin ↩