Small-eared dormouse

Species of rodent

Small-eared dormouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Genus: Graphiurus
Species:
G. microtis
Binomial name
Graphiurus microtis
(Noack, 1887)

The small-eared dormouse (Graphiurus microtis) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

References

  1. ^ Cassola, F.; Child, M.F. (2016). "Graphiurus microtis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T9485A22221518. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9485A22221518.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  • 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.
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Extant species of family Gliridae (Dormice)
Graphiurinae
Graphiurus
(African dormice)
  • 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)
  • Spectacled dormouse/Namtap (Graphiurus ocularis)
  • Rock dormouse (Graphiurus platyops)
  • Stone dormouse (Graphiurus rupicola)
  • Silent dormouse (Graphiurus surdus)
  • Walter Verheyen's African dormouse (Graphiurus walterverheyeni)
Leithiinae
Chaetocauda
  • Chinese dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis)
Dryomys
(Forest dormice)
  • Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger)
  • Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri)
  • Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)
Eliomys
  • Asian garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus)
  • Maghreb garden dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus)
  • Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
Muscardinus
  • Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Myomimus
  • Masked mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus personatus)
  • Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi)
  • Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus setzeri)
Selevinia
  • Desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)
Glirinae
Glirulus
  • Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
Glis
  • Edible dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Iranian edible dormouse (Glis persicus)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Graphiurus microtis


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