Back زغبة إفريقية Arabic زغبه افريقيه ARZ Aspakol (Graphiurus) AVK Graphiurus Breton Graphiurus Catalan Graphiurus CEB Afrikanische Bilche German Graphiurus Basque موش زمستانخواب آفریقایی Persian Graphiurus French
| African dormouse Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
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| African dormouse, Graphiurus sp. (murinus?) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Graphiurinae Winge, 1887 |
| Genus: | Graphiurus Smuts, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Sciurus ocularis[1] | |
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Graphiurus angolensis | |
The African dormice (genus Graphiurus) are dormice that live throughout sub-Saharan Africa in a variety of habitats. They are very agile climbers and have bushy tails. They eat invertebrates and small vertebrates.[2]
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals, Jonathan Kingdon (2004) Russel Friedman Books ISBN 1-875091-14-9