| African dormouse Temporal range: LatePliocene to Recent | |
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| African dormouse,Graphiurus sp. (murinus?) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Graphiurinae Winge, 1887 |
| Genus: | Graphiurus Smuts, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Sciurus ocularis[1] A. Smith, 1829 | |
| Species | |
Graphiurus angolensis | |
TheAfrican dormice (genusGraphiurus) aredormice that live throughoutsub-Saharan Africa in a variety of habitats. They are very agile climbers and have bushy tails. They primarily eatinvertebrates, with other components of their diet including smallvertebrates,[2] fruit, nuts and eggs.[3] They represent the most diverse living genus of dormice, making up half of all living species.[4]
GenusGraphiurus, African dormice
