Graphiurus murinus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Forest African Dormouse

Side view. Also as Woodland Dormouse.
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Location:South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, PietermaritzburgDate taken:Jan 1, 1974

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 084

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Desmarest, A.G. 1822-07-06. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Seconde partie, contenant les ordres des rongeurs, des édentés, des pachydermes, des ruminans et des cétacés. Veuve Agasse, Paris, 277-555 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521986

Original name as described

myoxus murinus

Other common names

Woodland Dormouse

Type material

MNHN:type:321 (= MNHN "774"), MNHN:type:321a (= MNHN "775")

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001515

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.

Total: 30 names and synonyms.

myoxus murinus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN:type:321 (= MNHN "774"), MNHN:type:321a (= MNHN "775")

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

542

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521986

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1822:542, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  2. Fischer (1829:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Smuts (1832:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
  4. Burmeister (1837:813, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  5. Lesson (1842:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  6. Peters (1852:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)

Myoxus lalandianus

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

lalandianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN:type:321 (= MNHN "774"), MNHN:type:321a (= MNHN "775")

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

393

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523810

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1825:393, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  2. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Myoxus erythrobronchus

(A. Smith, 1829)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

erythrobronchus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

438

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310847

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

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

Myoxus cineraceus

(Rüppell, 1842)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

cineraceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:814

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886799

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

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

Myoxus cinerascens

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

cinerascens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

80

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

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

Graphiurus murinus

Giebel, 1855

Family

Gliridae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

626

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548817

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Giebel (1855:626, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  2. Murray (1866:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Rochebrune (1883:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  4. Pagenstecher (1885:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67738)
  5. Bocage (1890:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68678)
  6. Thomas (1898:934, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  7. Trouessart (1904:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  8. Thomas & Schwann (1906:582, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27129)
  9. Wroughton (1907:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
  10. Roberts (1913:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  11. Kershaw (1923:365, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  12. Granvik (1924:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68174)
  13. Setzer (1956:542, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  14. Hayman (1963:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
  15. Eisentraut (1963:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  16. Heim de Balsac & Bellier (1967:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58093)
  17. Corbet & Hill (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  18. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  19. Gautun, Tranier & Sicard (1986:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69391)
  20. Corbet & Hill (1991:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  21. Holden (1993:764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69027)
  22. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  23. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
  24. Happold (2013:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  25. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  26. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  27. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  28. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  29. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9487/115093727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eliomys murinus

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835436

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Trouessart (1897:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)

Eliomys murinus subrufus

(O. R. Neumann, 1900)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

subrufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

547

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10197821

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

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

Graphiurus raptor

Dollman, 1910

Family

Gliridae

Root name

raptor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.2.1.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c94b6c5-ffd2-4a40-9e5d-2c9556dbd3a0

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094515

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Graphiurus microtis saturatus

Dollman, 1910

Family

Gliridae

Root name

saturatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094625

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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