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 2 819 840 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Graphiurus (Graphiurus) Smuts 1832 Graphiurus (Graphiurus) Smuts 1832 , Enumer. Mamm. Capensium: 32-33 . Type Species: Sciurus (Graphiurus) ocularis Smith 1829 Discussion: The revision of Graphiurus by Genest-Villard (1978) , based mostly on size grades, underestimated species diversity, particularly in the G. murinus group. Subsequently, species limits were defined in reports covering different African regions (e.g., Ansell and Dowsett, 1988 ; Holden, 1996 b ; Robbins and Schlitter, 1981 ) The species recognized below reflect information in the literature, as well as myexamination of museum specimens and preliminary, mostly unpublished multivariate analyses of cranial and dental measurements .