Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Rodentia
- ---- family: Myoxidae
- ----- species: Graphiurus ocularis
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Characteristics: | omnivore; total-length: 25cm, tail-length: 10cm; silvery-grey fur on the back, white on the underside; long bushy tail, distinct facial markings: dark ring around each eye, cheeks, feet and the tip of the tail are white; |
Countries: | - ZA
- South Africa
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Ecoregions: |
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1012
- Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1314
- Nama Karoo
- AT1322
- Succulent Karoo
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References: | Stuart and Stuart 2007: 98 |