Graphiurus

Taxobox
name = African dormouse
fossil_range = Late Pliocene to Recent

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image_size = 300px
image_caption = African Dormouse, "Graphiurus spec. (murinus?)"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Gliridae
subfamilia = Graphiurinae
subfamilia_authority = Winge, 1887
genus = "Graphiurus"
genus_authority = Smuts, 1832
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "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"

The African dormice, "Graphiurus", are a genus of dormouse 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. [The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals, Jonathan Kingdon (2004) Russel Friedman Books ISBN 1-875091-14-9]

pecies

* "Graphiurus angolensis" - Angolan African dormouse
* "Graphiurus christyi" - Christy's dormouse
* "Graphiurus crassicaudatus" - Jentink's dormouse
* "Graphiurus johnstoni" - Jouhnston's African dormouse
* "Graphiurus kelleni" - Kellen's dormouse
* "Graphiurus lorraineus" - Lorrain dormouse
* "Graphiurus microtis" - Small-eared dormouse
* "Graphiurus monardi" - Monard's dormouse
* "Graphiurus murinus" - Woodland dormouse
* "Graphiurus nagtglasii" - Nagtglas's African dormouse
* "Graphiurus ocularis" - Spectacled dormouse
* "Graphiurus platyops" - Rock dormouse
* "Graphiurus rupicola" - Stone dormouse
* "Graphiurus surdus" - Silent dormouse

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