Order Rodentia - Family Gliridae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
819
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book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Graphiurus (Graphiurus) christyi
Dollman 1914
Graphiurus (Graphiurus) christyi
Dollman 1914
,
Rev. Zool. Afr., 4 (1): 80
.
Type Locality:
Dem. Rep.
Congo
, Mambaka
.
Vernacular Names:
Christy's African Dormouse
.
Distribution:
N Dem. Rep.
Congo
(
Hatt, 1940
a
;
Holden, 1996
b
;
Schlitter et al., 1985
), S
Cameroon
(
Holden 1996
b
;
Robbins and Schlitter, 1981
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Graphiurus
. Morphological data and comparison with morphologically similar species given by
Holden (1996
b
)
,
Robbins and Schlitter (1981)
and
Schlitter et al. (1985)
. Reviewed by
Rossolimo et al. (2001)
and
Holden (In
Press). A much needed systematic revision of the
G. murinus
species group should include careful comparisons with
G. christyi
, as some E African
G. murinus
populations (particularly montane) closely resemble that species. See comments under
G. murinus
.