The small-eared dormouse (Graphiurus microtis) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Small-eared dormouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Gliridae |
Genus: | Graphiurus |
Species: | G. microtis
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Binomial name | |
Graphiurus microtis (Noack, 1887)
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References
edit- ^ Cassola, F.; Child, M.F. (2016). "Graphiurus microtis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T9485A22221518. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9485A22221518.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- 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.