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Genus of rodents For the taxonomic synonym of an extinct genus of fishes, see Graphiurichthys.

African dormouse Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent

African dormouse, Graphiurus sp. (murinus?)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Gliridae
Subfamily:	Graphiurinae Winge, 1887
Genus:	Graphiurus Smuts, 1832
Type species
Sciurus ocularis A. Smith, 1829
Species
Graphiurus angolensis Graphiurus christyi Graphiurus crassicaudatus Graphiurus johnstoni Graphiurus kelleni Graphiurus lorraineus Graphiurus microtis Graphiurus monardi Graphiurus murinus Graphiurus nagtglasii Graphiurus ocularis Graphiurus platyops Graphiurus rupicola Graphiurus surdus Graphiurus walterverheyeni

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.

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

Gallery

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.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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

Extant species of family Gliridae (Dormice)

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Graphiurinae

Graphiurus
(African dormice)

Leithiinae

Chaetocauda	Chinese dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis)
Dryomys (Forest dormice)	Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)
Eliomys	Asian garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus) Maghreb garden dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus) Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
Muscardinus	Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Myomimus	Masked mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus personatus) Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus setzeri)
Selevinia	Desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)

Glirinae

Glirulus	Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
Glis	Edible dormouse (Glis glis) Iranian edible dormouse (Glis persicus)

Category

Sciuromorpha

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia

†Allomyidae

Aplodontiidae

†Altasciurus
†Ameniscomys
†Ansomys
Aplodontia
†Dakotallomys
†Disallomys
†Ephemeromys
†Haplomys
†Leptoromys
†Liodontia
†Meniscomys
†Niglarodon
†Ninamys
†Oligopetes
†Paracitellus
†Paransomys
†Proansomys
†Prosciurus
†Pseudaplodon
†Sciurodon
†Selenomys
†Sewelleladon
†Tardontia
†Trigonomys

Gliridae

†Bransatoglirinae	Bransatoglis Oligodyromys
Glirinae	Glirulus Glis
Graphiurinae	Graphiurus
Leithiinae	Chaetocauda Dryomys Eliomys †Hypnomys †Leithia Muscardinus Myomimus Selevinia

†Mylagaulidae

Galbreathia
†Mesogaulinae	Mesogaulus
†Mylagaulinae	Alphagaulus Ceratogaulus Hesperogaulus Mylagaulus Notogaulus Pterogaulus Umbogaulus
†Promylagaulinae	Crucimys Promylagaulus Simpligaulus Trilaccogaulus

†Reithroparamyidae

Reithroparamys
Uriscus

Sciuridae

Callosciurinae

Callosciurini	Callosciurus Dremomys Exilisciurus Glyphotes Hyosciurus Lariscus Menetes Nannosciurus Prosciurillus Rhinosciurus Rubrisciurus Sundasciurus Tamiops
Funambulini	Funambulus

†Cedromurinae

Cedromus
Oligospermophilus

Ratufinae

Ratufa

Sciurillinae

Sciurillus

Sciurinae

Pteromyini	Aeretes Aeromys Belomys Biswamoyopterus Eoglaucomys Eupetaurus Glaucomys Hylopetes Iomys †Miopetaurista †Neopetes Petaurillus Petaurista Petinomys †Pliopetaurista Priapomys Pteromys Pteromyscus Trogopterus
Sciurini	†Douglassciurus †Freudenthalia Guerlinguetus Microsciurus †Miosciurus †Plesiosciurus †Protosciurus Rheithrosciurus Sciurus Syntheosciurus

Xerinae

Marmotini	Ammospermophilus †Arctomyoides Callospermophilus Cynomys Eutamias Ictidomys Marmota †Miospermophilus Neotamias Notocitellus †Nototamias Otospermophilus †Paenamarmota †Palaearctomys †Palaeosciurus Poliocitellus †Protospermophilus Sciurotamias †Spermophilinus Spermophilus Tamias Urocitellus Xerospermophilus
Protoxerini	Epixerus Funisciurus Heliosciurus Myosciurus Paraxerus Protoxerus
Xerini	†Aragoxerus Atlantoxerus Euxerus Geosciurus †Heteroxerus Spermophilopsis Xerus

Taxon identifiers
Graphiurus	Wikidata: Q385877 Wikispecies: Graphiurus ADW: Graphiurus BOLD: 397766 CoL: 636DN EoL: 42255 GBIF: 5219902 iNaturalist: 45838 ITIS: 584944 MSW: 12500003 NCBI: 51345 Open Tree of Life: 159163 Paleobiology Database: 105525 Plazi: 6502AA63-E059-FFB9-1A11-FB81FCA74978

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