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Nagtglas's African dormouse

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Nagtglas's African dormouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Genus: Graphiurus
Species: G. nagtglasii
Binomial name
Graphiurus nagtglasii
Jentink, 1888
Skeleton of Nagtglas’s African dormouse at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

The Nagtglas's African dormouse (Graphiurus nagtglasii) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and possibly Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist, lowland forests. The rodent is named after Cornelis Nagtglas.

References

  • Grubb, P. & Schlitter, D. 2004. Graphiurus nagtglasii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
  • 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.
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 nagtglasii


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