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Johnston's African dormouse
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Genus: Graphiurus
Species: G. johnstoni
Binomial name
Graphiurus johnstoni
Thomas, 1898

The Johnston's African dormouse (Graphiurus johnstoni) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.

References

  • Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. pp. 819–841 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Schlitter, D. 2004. Graphiurus johnstoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
Extant species of family Gliridae (Dormice)
Graphiurinae
Graphiurus
(African dormice)
Leithiinae
Chaetocauda
Dryomys
(Forest dormice)
Eliomys
Muscardinus
Myomimus
Selevinia
Glirinae
Glirulus
Glis
Category
Taxon identifiers
Graphiurus johnstoni


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