Graphiurus angolensis

de Winton, 1897

Angolan African Dormouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Gliridae
Subfamily : Graphiurinae
Genus : Graphiurus
Subgenus : Graphiurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1897-08-31. On a collection of rodents from Angola. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20(117):320-324.

Original name as described

Graphiurus angolensis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1892.1.9.9

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Caconda, Huila Plateau, south-western Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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