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Silent 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. surdus
Binomial name
Graphiurus surdus
Dollman, 1912

The silent dormouse (Graphiurus surdus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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 surdus. 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 surdus


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