| Walter Verheyen's African dormouse | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Genus: | Graphiurus |
| Species: | G. walterverheyeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphiurus walterverheyeni Holden & Levine, 2009 | |
Walter Verheyen's African dormouse (Graphiurus walterverheyeni) is a monotypic species of rodent in the family Gliridae. From the Central Congolian lowland forests ecoregion in the central Congo Basin, it has been found in west-central Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the vicinity of the Lukenie River and of Wafania, near the left bank of the Luilaka River. Although not found in immediate association, Lorraine's dormouse (Graphiurus lorraineus) and the short-eared African dormouse (Graphiurus surdus) are understood to be "broadly sympatric". Most closely resembling Jentink's dormouse (Graphiurus crassicaudatus), it differs from this species both in its much smaller size and in its relative proportions. On the IUCN Red List, its conservation status has been assessed as Data Deficient.
See also
References
- ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Graphiurus walterverheyeni". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Holden, Mary Ellen; Levine, Rebecca S (2009). "Chapter 9. Systematic Revision of Sub-Saharan African Dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae: Graphiurus) Part II: Description of a New Species of Graphiurus from the Central Congo Basin, Including Morphological and Ecological Niche Comparisons with G. crassicaudatus and G. lorraineus". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 331: 314–355. doi:10.1206/582-9.1. S2CID 85409018.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Mittermeier, R. A., eds. (2016). "GLIRIDAE (Dormice)". Handbook of the Mammals of the World VI: Lagomorphs and Rodents I. Lynx Edicions. pp. 866, 868. ISBN 978-8494189234.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Graphiurus walterverheyeni | |