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Graphiurus (Graphiurus) surdus Dollman 1912

Description

Graphiurus (Graphiurus) surdus Dollman 1912

Graphiurus (Graphiurus) surdus Dollman 1912, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 9: 314.

Type Locality: Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni, Benito River.

Vernacular Names: Short-eared African Dormouse.

Synonyms: Graphiurus (Graphiurus) schwabi G. M. Allen 1912.

Distribution: WC and C Africa: Southern Cameroon south to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, and NE and SC Dem. Rep. Congo (Holden, 1996 b).

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Subgenus Graphiurus. Morphological revision and comparisons with similar species contributed by Holden (1996 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 829, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dollman
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Gliridae
Genus
Graphiurus
Species
surdus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Graphiurus (Graphiurus) surdus Dollman, 1912 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Holden, M. E. 1996 b. Systematic revision of Sub-Saharan African dormice (Rodentia: Myoxidae: Graphiurus) Part 1: An introduction to the generic revision, and a revision of Graphiurus surdus. American Museum Novitates, 3157: 1 - 44.
  • 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.