Silent dormouse

Species of rodent

Silent dormouse
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Genus: Graphiurus
Species:
G. surdus
Binomial name
Graphiurus surdus
Dollman, 1912

The silent dormouse (Graphiurus surdus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  • Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. pp. 819–841 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Schlitter, D. 2004. Graphiurus surdus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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Extant species of family Gliridae (Dormice)
Graphiurinae
Graphiurus
(African dormice)
  • Angolan African dormouse (Graphiurus angolensis)
  • Christy's dormouse (Graphiurus christyi)
  • Jentink's dormouse (Graphiurus crassicaudatus)
  • Johnston's African dormouse (Graphiurus johnstoni)
  • Kellen's dormouse (Graphiurus kelleni)
  • Lorrain dormouse (Graphiurus lorraineus)
  • Small-eared dormouse (Graphiurus microtis)
  • Monard's dormouse (Graphiurus monardi)
  • Woodland dormouse (Graphiurus murinus)
  • Nagtglas's African dormouse (Graphiurus nagtglasii)
  • Spectacled dormouse/Namtap (Graphiurus ocularis)
  • Rock dormouse (Graphiurus platyops)
  • Stone dormouse (Graphiurus rupicola)
  • Silent dormouse (Graphiurus surdus)
  • Walter Verheyen's African dormouse (Graphiurus walterverheyeni)
Leithiinae
Chaetocauda
  • Chinese dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis)
Dryomys
(Forest dormice)
  • Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger)
  • Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri)
  • Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)
Eliomys
  • Asian garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus)
  • Maghreb garden dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus)
  • Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
Muscardinus
  • Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Myomimus
  • Masked mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus personatus)
  • Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi)
  • Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus setzeri)
Selevinia
  • Desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)
Glirinae
Glirulus
  • Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
Glis
  • Edible dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Iranian edible dormouse (Glis persicus)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Graphiurus surdus


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