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Small-eared dormouse

The small-eared dormouse 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.

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Small-eared dormouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Genus: Graphiurus
Species:
G. microtis
Binomial name
Graphiurus microtis
(Noack, 1887)
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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.

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References

  1. 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.