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.
African dormouse Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
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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 | |
Species | |
Graphiurus angolensis |
Genus Graphiurus, African dormice
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