Kellen's dormouse
Kellen's dormouse |
Conservation status |
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Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Mammalia |
Order: |
Rodentia |
Family: |
Gliridae |
Genus: |
Graphiurus |
Species: |
G. kelleni |
Binomial name |
Graphiurus kelleni (Reuvens, 1890) |
Synonyms |
- Graphiurus olga (Thomas, 1925)
- Graphiurus parvus (True, 1893)
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Kellen's dormouse (Graphiurus kelleni) is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family.
Distribution
It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical, dry forests and moist and dry savanna.
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. & Grubb, P. 2008. Graphiurus kelleni. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 August 2009.
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- Angolan African Dormouse (Graphiurus angolensis)
- Christy's Dormouse (Graphiurus christyi)
- Jentink's Dormouse (Graphiurus crassicaudatus)
- Johnston's African Dormouse (Graphiurus johnstoni)
- Kellen's Dormouse (Graphiurus kelleni)
- Lorrain Dormouse (Graphiurus lorraineus)
- Small-eared Dormouse (Graphiurus microtis)
- Monard's Dormouse (Graphiurus monardi)
- Woodland Dormouse (Graphiurus murinus)
- Nagtglas's African Dormouse (Graphiurus nagtglasii)
- Namtap (Graphiurus ocularis)
- Rock Dormouse (Graphiurus platyops)
- Stone Dormouse (Graphiurus rupicola)
- Silent Dormouse (Graphiurus surdus)
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| Leithiinae | Chaetocauda |
- Chinese Dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis)
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- Woolly Dormouse (Dryomys laniger)
- Balochistan Forest Dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri)
- Forest Dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)
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- Asian Garden Dormouse (Eliomys melanurus)
- Maghreb Garden Dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus)
- Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
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| Muscardinus |
- Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
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- Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus personatus)
- Roach's Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus roachi)
- Setzer's Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus setzeri)
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| Selevinia |
- Desert Dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)
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| Glirinae | Glirulus |
- Japanese Dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
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