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] A. Smith, 1829
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| Species | |
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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 primarily eat invertebrates, with other components of their diet including small vertebrates,[2] fruit, nuts and eggs.[3] They represent the most diverse living genus of dormice, making up half of all living species.[4]
- ^ 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
- ^ Kastenmayer RJ, Moak HB, Jeffress EJ, Elkins WR. Management and care of African dormice (Graphiurus kelleni). J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2010 Mar;49(2):173-6. PMID: 20353691; PMCID: PMC2846004.
- ^ Lu, Xiaoyu; Costeur, Loïc; Hugueney, Marguerite; Maridet, Olivier (2021-02-01). "New data on early Oligocene dormice (Rodentia, Gliridae) from southern Europe: phylogeny and diversification of the family". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19 (3): 169–189. Bibcode:2021JSPal..19..169L. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1888814. ISSN 1477-2019.