Graphiurus christyi

Dollman, 1914

Christy's 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

Dollman, G. 1914. Notes on mammals collected by Dr. Christy in the Congo and by Dr. Bayer in Uganda and British East Africa. Revue zoologique africaine 4:75-90.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472360

Original name as described

Graphiurus christyi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.2.11.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/27f52f6a-5748-48f5-a45f-1916efb64879

Type locality

Mambaka, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001508

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Graphiurus christyi

Dollman, 1914

Family

Gliridae

Root name

christyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.2.11.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/27f52f6a-5748-48f5-a45f-1916efb64879

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472360

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
  3. Happold (2013:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9480/115093081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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