Species Graphiurus murinus (Desmarest, 1822) (Woodland dormouse)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Myoxidae
  • ----- species: Graphiurus murinus
Characteristics:omnivore; body-length: 7-16cm; the fur is grey on the back and white on the underparts; the tail is long(5-13 cm) and fluffy; the eyes have a black mark around them; the ears are round;
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT1003
Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1201
Albany thickets
AT1202
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 211
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27271512
Creator: Николай Усик / http://paradoxusik.livejournal.com/
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: Russian: 1=Африканская соня (Graphiurus murinus), Пльзенский зоопарк (Zoological and Botanical Garden Plzen), февраль 2011 года
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/31396774
Place: <p>Bronx Zoo, New York, New York</p>
Creator: James Dowling-Healey
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments:

Woodland dormouse (Graphiurus murinus), captive.


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