Graphiurus kelleni

(Reuvens, 1890)

Kellen'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

Reuvens, C.L. 1890. Die Myoxidae oder Schlaefer. Ein Beitrag zur Osteologie und Systematik der Nagethiere. P.W.M. Trap, Leiden, 80 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14819041

Original name as described

Eliomys kelleni

Type material

RMNH.MAM.26638.a, RMNH.MAM.26638.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26638.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26638.b

Type locality

"Damara-land," Mossamedes District, south-western Angola. Modified by C. L. Reuvens to "Damara-land" in "Süd West Afrika" (= Namibia). Corrected by J. E. Hill and T. D. Carter in 1941 to "Damara-land" in south-western Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Mali · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Sudan · Ethiopia · South Sudan · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001511

Country distribution map

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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.

Claviglis tasmani

(A. Roberts, 1929)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

tasmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMG 5656

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Claviglis ansorgei cuanzensis

(J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1937)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

cuanzensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88191

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88191

Authority page

9

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Graphiurus ansorgei

Dollman, 1912

Family

Gliridae

Root name

ansorgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.10.1.60

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639074

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Graphiurus foxi

Dollman, 1914

Family

Gliridae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.5.15.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5e82aeb1-59ad-491b-b235-cfd043780c7a

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640955

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Claviglis olga

(O. Thomas, 1925)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

olga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.5.12.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9e4337e5-e21d-4c4a-abd2-0157b07b6c3e

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Graphiurus parvus dollmani

Osgood, 1910

Family

Gliridae

Root name

dollmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:16722

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=0a8814d7-b9e8-4ea0-84bf-5f17a9661c2a

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462173

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Eliomys kelleni

(Reuvens, 1890)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

kelleni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.26638.a, RMNH.MAM.26638.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26638.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26638.b

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14819041

Authority publication

Leiden

Graphiurus personatus

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Gliridae

Root name

personatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164827

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e776fdb3-2564-48bf-94e1-da57a942f39c

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813458

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Eliomys parvus

(F. W. True, 1893)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:21005 (= USNM:MAMM:A36056)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3801dc6f1-5499-48b9-970a-35ee97216c44

Authority page

601

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15780969

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Myoxus (Eliomys) nanus

(de Winton, 1897)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

799

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200846

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Graphiurus brockmani

Dollman, 1910

Family

Gliridae

Root name

brockmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

287

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094712

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Graphiurus brockmani internus

Dollman, 1912

Family

Gliridae

Root name

internus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

318

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639075

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Graphiurus nanus

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Gliridae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

934

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988175

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:934, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)

Graphiurus parvus

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Gliridae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

934

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988175

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:934, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Graphiurus kelleni

Holden, 2005

Family

Gliridae

Root name

kelleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
  2. Happold (2013:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9483/115093358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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