Rock dormouse

The rock dormouse (Graphiurus platyops) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

References

Grubb, P. 2004. Graphiurus platyops. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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.

Extant species of family Gliridae (Dormice)

Graphiurus
(African dormice)

Chaetocauda	Chinese dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis)

Dryomys (Forest dormice)	Woolly dormouse (Dryomys laniger) Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)

Eliomys	Asian garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus) Maghreb garden dormouse (Eliomys munbyanus) garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)

Muscardinus	Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)

Myomimus	Masked mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus personatus) Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus setzeri)

Selevinia	Desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)

Glirulus	Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)

Glis	Edible dormouse (Glis glis)

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