Graphiurus nagtglasii

Jentink, 1888

Nagtglas's African Dormouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jentink, F.A. 1888. Zoological researches in Liberia. A list of mammals, collected by J. Büttikofer, C. F. Sala and F. X. Stampfli, with biological observations. Notes from the Leyden Museum 10:1-58.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622326

Original name as described

Graphiurus nagtglasii

Other common names

Huet's African Dormouse · Large Gray Dormouse

Type material

RMNH.MAM.26631.a, RMNH.MAM.26631.b, RMNH.MAM.26632, RMNH.MAM.26633, RMNH.MAM.26634, RMNH.MAM.26635.a, RMNH.MAM.26635.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26631.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26631.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26632 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26633 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26634 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26635.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26635.b

Type locality

Hill Town, Du Queah River, Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001516

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.

Aethoglis hueti argenteus

(G. M. Allen, 1936)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

argenteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:17920

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:17920

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Graphiurus nagtglasii

Jentink, 1888

Family

Gliridae

Root name

nagtglasii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.26631.a, RMNH.MAM.26631.b, RMNH.MAM.26632, RMNH.MAM.26633, RMNH.MAM.26634, RMNH.MAM.26635.a, RMNH.MAM.26635.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26631.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26631.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26632 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26633 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26634 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26635.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26635.b

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622326

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

  1. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
  2. Happold (2013:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44916/115201432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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