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Graphiurus (Graphiurus) monardi St. Leger 1936

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Graphiurus (Graphiurus) monardi St. Leger 1936

Graphiurus (Graphiurus) monardi St. Leger 1936, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 17: 465.

Type Locality: Angola, Tyihumbwe (Chiumbe) River, 15 km above Dala, Kioko, 1250 m (see Hill and Carter, 1941).

Vernacular Names: Monard's African Dormouse.

Synonyms: Graphiurus (Graphiurus) schoutedeni Frechkop 1947.

Distribution: NE Angola (Hayman, 1963 b), NW Zambia (Ansell, 1978), and S Dem. Rep. Congo; limits unknown.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Graphiurus. G. M. Allen (1939) listed monardi as a subspecies of G. hueti (= nagtglasii; see that account), an arrangement followed by Genest-Villard (1978). Ellerman et al. (1953) correctly stated that monardi has no close affinity with G. hueti and provided a detailed description and comparison of cranial and external characters, which I was able to verify, that clearly distinguish the two. Schouteden (1948) listed a specimen of G. ocularis from Dilolo, Dem. Rep. Congo. I examined the Dilolo specimens (in MRAC). Although certainly not representative of G. ocularis, these individuals are difficult to identify. Their pelage is similar to that of G. rupicola, yet the skulls resemble G. monardi. Photographs of live animal given by Hayman (1963 b). Reviewed by Rossolimo et al. (2001) and Holden (In Press).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Gliridae, pp. 819-840 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 826, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
St. Leger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Gliridae
Genus
Graphiurus
Species
monardi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Graphiurus (Graphiurus) monardi Leger, 1936 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Hill, J. E., and T. D. Carter. 1941. The mammals of Angola, Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 78 (1): 1 - 211.
  • Hayman, R. W. 1963 b. Mammals from Angola, mainly from the Lunda District. Publicacoes Culturais Museu do Dundo, 66: 84 - 139.
  • Ansell, W. F. H. 1978. The mammals of Zambia. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Chilanga, 126 pp.
  • Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 83: 1 - 763.
  • Genest-Villard, H. 1978. Revision systematique du genre Graphiurus (Rongeurs, Gliridae). Mammalia, 42 (4): 391 - 426.
  • Schouteden, H. 1948. Faune du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. I. Mammiferes. Annales du Musee du Congo Belge, Zoologie, 8 (1): 1 - 331.
  • Rossolimo, O. L., E. G. Potapova, I. Ya. Pavlinov, S. V. Kruskop, and O. V. Voltzit. 2001. [Dormice (Myoxidae) of the World.] Sbornik Trudov Zoologicheskogo Muzeya MGU 42: 1 - 232 (in Russian with English summary).
  • Holden, M. E. In Press. Gliridae. In The Mammals of Africa. Volume 3 (D. C. D. Happold, J. Kingdon, T. M. Butynski, eds.). Academic Press, London.