Angolan African Dormouse
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| Angolan African Dormouse | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Genus: | Graphiurus |
| Species: | G. angolensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphiurus angolensis de Winton, 1897 |
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The Angolan African Dormouse (Graphiurus angolensis) is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is endemic to (lives only in) Angola. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
References [change]
- Coetzee, N., Griffin, M. & Grubb, P. 2004. Graphiurus angolensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- 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.
