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,[2] fruit, nuts and eggs.[3] They represent the most diverse living genus of dormice, making up half of all living species.[4]
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[5]
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
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (2004). The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals. Russel Friedman Books. ISBN 1-875091-14-9.
- ^ Kastenmayer RJ, Moak HB, Jeffress EJ, Elkins WR (March 2010). “Management and care of African dormice (Graphiurus kelleni)”. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 49 (2): 173–6. PMC 2846004. PMID 20353691.
- ^ Lu, Xiaoyu; Costeur, Loïc; Hugueney, Marguerite; Maridet, Olivier (1 February 2021). “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.
- ^ Holden ME, Levine RS (2009). “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. doi:10.1206/582-9.1.
