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<emphasis id="694EF54498D066D5E5FCD736B4431BAE" italics="true" pageNumber="824">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) lorraineus</emphasis>
Dollman 1910
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<emphasis id="199434883770BA33B7B4937F00D98E97" italics="true" pageNumber="824">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) lorraineus</emphasis>
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="9F63D01A3BBCD5300AC236D1CA734094" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="824">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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Dem. Rep.
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, Welle (Uele) River, Molegbwe, south of Setema Rapids
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.
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<emphasis id="72D3F616B087D8435DD6443ACE1CD682" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="824">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="A433142652C61D58854629D5CE755F82" language="eng" pageNumber="824">Lorraine's African Dormouse</vernacularName>
.
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<emphasis id="E8BF32A62C353031E90183E18C0839F8" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="824">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="280FF6A7415AB83BECE03A361988D62B" italics="true" pageNumber="824">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) haedulus</emphasis>
Dollman 1912
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;
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<emphasis id="2D526C302ABC2BAE330E32C39FDF0704" italics="true" pageNumber="824">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) spurrelli</emphasis>
Dollman 1912
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.
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<emphasis id="2A9DAA278A51F4DD85C0F801E19FA7C8" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="824">Distribution:</emphasis>
W and C Africa:
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,
<collectingCountry id="648F2A39DC2ACB870CCF64707451D410" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
,
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(
<bibRefCitation id="35C965E64AE2FD606A621BC9000A5640" author="Kuhn, H. - J." refId="ref200627" refString="Kuhn, H. - J. 1965. A provisional check-list of the mammals of Liberia. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 46 (5): 321 - 340." year="1965">Kuhn, 1965</bibRefCitation>
), Côte dIvoire (
<bibRefCitation id="E3C51029F5D72346883B2C2CF19A3BCD" author="Aellen, V." refId="ref1575" refString="Aellen, V. 1965. Les rongeurs de basse Cote-d'Ivoire (Hystricomorpha et Gliridae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 72 (37): 755 - 767." year="1965">Aellen, 1965</bibRefCitation>
; Mt
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Reserve see
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),
<collectingCountry id="827902D67626CFA244C13D9976C8196B" name="Ghana">Ghana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="BD99B947DEE72BE6756DB9F336AE546D" author="Decher, J. &amp; L. K. Bahian" refId="ref77153" refString="Decher, J., and L. K. Bahian. 1999. Diversity and structure of terrestrial small mammal communities in different vegetation types on the Accra Plains of Ghana. Journal of Zoology, London, 247: 395 - 408." year="1999">Decher and Bahian, 1999</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="928D73D8A67DB434AB1B15EDA2C64C9C" name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C8C1BC3EA29E103E8E03D7E78D5EF948" author="Happold, D. C. D. &amp; M. Happold &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref140352" refString="Happold, D. C. D., M. Happold, and J. E. Hill. 1987. The bats of Malawi. Mammalia, 51: 337 - 414." year="1987">Happold, 1987</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="83C69969477B7A614A5DE3D3CED67B46" name="Cameroon">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1303492E07D523C720543AED4603C26B" author="Eisentraut, M." refId="ref92339" refString="Eisentraut, M. 1973. Die Wirbeltierfauna von Fernando Poo und Westkamerun. Unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Bedeutung der pleistozanen Klimaschwankungen fur die heutige Faunenverteilung. Bonner Zoologische Monographien, 3: 1 - 428." year="1973">Eisentraut, 1973</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="C15298FA318E7934E1B3879DC2CA4478" author="Robbins, L. W. &amp; D. A. Schlitter" refId="ref306216" refString="Robbins, L. W., and D. A. Schlitter. 1981. Systematic status of dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae) from southern Cameroon, Africa. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 50 (9): 271 - 288." year="1981">Robbins and Schlitter, 1981</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="6D22BF8EEE5EA1D981168D605EFC9973" author="Schlitter, D. A. &amp; L. W. Robbins &amp; S. L. Williams" refId="ref320092" refString="Schlitter, D. A., L. W. Robbins, and S. L. Williams. 1985. Taxonomic status of dormice (genus Graphiurus) from west and central Africa. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 54 (1): 1 - 9." year="1985">Schlitter et al., 1985</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="DB0CC41C7FAE284EAC5845713BECA6EF" name="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
, Bioko (
<bibRefCitation id="2D88EADF41F74B1ABA24E816E1694001" author="Eisentraut, M." refId="ref92339" refString="Eisentraut, M. 1973. Die Wirbeltierfauna von Fernando Poo und Westkamerun. Unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Bedeutung der pleistozanen Klimaschwankungen fur die heutige Faunenverteilung. Bonner Zoologische Monographien, 3: 1 - 428." year="1973">Eisentraut, 1973</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="BE678CAE8635579A3844EDA934E9D70A" name="Gabon">Gabon</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="763D5A43C44BC5FC8C4191D3B89FBBCA" name="Republic of the Congo">Republic of Congo</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="F3B3E37300F6492D74DA5C5A39A09049" author="Dowsett, R. J. &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref88477" refString="Dowsett, R. J., and L. Granjon. 1991. Ch. 18. Liste preliminaire des mammiferes du Congo. Pp. 297 - 310, in Flore et faune du bassin du Kouilou (Congo) et leur exploitation (R. J. Dowsett and F. Dowsett-Lemaire, eds.). Tauraco Research Report 4, Tauraco Press, Jupille-Liege, Belgium, 340 pp." year="1991">Dowsett and Granjon, 1991</bibRefCitation>
), N
<collectingCountry id="565C175D8C8EEA1E9470EF536FB4BAAD" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="7E37F3FC861D0160D1D40F0FCC84D0C0" author="Hayman, R. W." refId="ref143634" refString="Hayman, R. W. 1963 b. Mammals from Angola, mainly from the Lunda District. Publicacoes Culturais Museu do Dundo, 66: 84 - 139." year="1963">
Hayman, 1963
<emphasis id="CBDA63C2F6C0CAD80476DFB9DA089944" italics="true" pageNumber="824">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
), Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="B5662DA56DE019EF9D4219D3306D4B96" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="AB942174B84F41297C04C2CB82F27816" author="Hatt, R. T." refId="ref142554" refString="Hatt, R. T. 1940 a. Lagomorpha and Rodentia other than Sciuridae, Anomaluridae and Idiuridae, collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 76 (9): 457 - 604." year="1940">
Hatt, 1940
<emphasis id="6E0E194AD4712F5977605746C394888E" italics="true" pageNumber="824">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="6A176F4CDF00FCBDF1254B918048B3AA" author="Petter, F." refId="ref283702" refString="Petter, F. 1967 a. Contribution a la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries. LV. Mammiferes rongeurs (Muscardinidae et Muridae). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondatmental d'Afrique Noire, 29 A (2): 815 - 820." year="1967">
Petter, 1967
<emphasis id="3D87FD69DD1683E914A34837A342D261" italics="true" pageNumber="824">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="55F43D536DB4673C9826FC9392C43D1B" author="Verheyen, W. N. &amp; J. Verschuren" refId="ref370186" refString="Verheyen, W. N., and J. Verschuren. 1966. Rongeurs et lagomorphes. Exploration du Parc National de la Garamba Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo, Bruxelles, 50: 1 - 66." year="1966">Verheyen and Verschuren, 1966</bibRefCitation>
), and N
<collectingCountry id="196CFBF7420F7CE0E305D231D0A1CE83" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="830EB875EFFBB864AB35D3BB833F8408" author="Ansell, W. F. H." refId="ref11178" refString="Ansell, W. F. H. 1978. The mammals of Zambia. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Chilanga, 126 pp." year="1978">Ansell, 1978</bibRefCitation>
). See
<bibRefCitation id="7C1EB1C224C465AFC16F9D4921222920" author="Grubb, P. &amp; T. S. Jones &amp; A. G. Davies &amp; E. Edberg &amp; E. D. Starin &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref134571" refString="Grubb, P., T. S. Jones, A. G. Davies, E. Edberg, E. D. Starin, and J. E. Hill. 1998. Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 pp." year="1998">Grubb et al. (1998)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="16D5414AEFFFA3916FA2B14F8E38C6A3" author="Rosevear, D. R." refId="ref310288" refString="Rosevear, D. R. 1969. The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 677: 1 - 604." year="1969">Rosevear (1969)</bibRefCitation>
for W Africa reviews.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="47E0F672A33B0D904EA3D8466D506787" pageNumber="824" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="8796B27ACBC0D3ADBB53958521DFAE02" pageNumber="824">
<emphasis id="5847EFBBCF588E906BC2EEDA8F7F842E" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="824">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="B2791F5DD36C9C165226488E0C3B8C22">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B9A99B11D560989D28F8CB02C1188A3D" pageNumber="824" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="B78E315943AAB1E8BFA54FBD8AF547A3" pageNumber="824">
<emphasis id="058AC3EEB12CAB86804DD1DDA1001B4C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="824">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="5D091BAD03AFBD125DF076401E5526BE" pageNumber="824">
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="146E9DA9D4B2B307CEB6D82A3EFD111D" authorityName="Smuts" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="74E7B920A2DD5C1AA148430D6CD68D6D" italics="true" pageNumber="824">Graphiurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="024484C6653119C6A89A6FAD552266EE" author="Schlitter, D. A. &amp; L. W. Robbins &amp; S. L. Williams" refId="ref320092" refString="Schlitter, D. A., L. W. Robbins, and S. L. Williams. 1985. Taxonomic status of dormice (genus Graphiurus) from west and central Africa. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 54 (1): 1 - 9." year="1985">Schlitter et al. (1985)</bibRefCitation>
discussed
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specimens (identified by them as
<taxonomicName id="B4F5792D6FD66977A3255B8186B0AC27" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lorraineus">
<emphasis id="79DCDBC6D551EA6EFB253FB2095772F9" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. lorraineus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and their possible synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="494D0B69AC86EC3E538C084702B83DF8" authority="(Cuvier, 1822)" baseAuthorityName="Cuvier" baseAuthorityYear="1822" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coupeii">
<emphasis id="C7524D9E8E907594DC92C96FB7851C12" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. coupeii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="8D121D311FE15AEF61A2E647AB65C2E9" author="Cuvier, F. G." refId="ref72405" refString="Cuvier, F. G. 1822 [1823]. Examen des especes formation des genres ou sous-genres Acanthion, Erethizon, Sinethere et Sphiggure. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 9 (1822): 413 - 484." year="1822">Cuvier, 1822</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
described from
<collectingCountry id="FEA5430B581DCDACD52E31F1D5CF9DE7" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
. Following
<bibRefCitation id="816989C218F9BCF92433FC839E550373" author="Schlitter, D. A. &amp; L. W. Robbins &amp; S. L. Williams" refId="ref320092" refString="Schlitter, D. A., L. W. Robbins, and S. L. Williams. 1985. Taxonomic status of dormice (genus Graphiurus) from west and central Africa. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 54 (1): 1 - 9." year="1985">Schlitter et al. (1985)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="1C9021E32A84A503A1F6165DD06D4A24" author="Holden, M. E." refId="ref156452" refString="Holden, M. E. 1993. Family Myoxidae. Pp. 763 - 770, in Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp." year="1993">Holden (1993)</bibRefCitation>
tentatively included &quot;perhaps
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&quot; in the distribution of
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<emphasis id="40756B572F0A0ECF5FB4717E56B9772E" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. lorraineus</emphasis>
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, but
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specimens have been reidentified as
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<emphasis id="1187C4DDF981F877B88B911BAF401B69" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. kelleni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="D1DABD234B7E02A319233EF93DD37D23" italics="true" pageNumber="824">cf. parvus</emphasis>
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) (
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). I examined the
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of
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<emphasis id="F6F3C354F8B1F65630C478F1394AB139" italics="true" pageNumber="824">coupeii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(in
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), a stuffed skin mounted in live pose, and it appears too large for
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<emphasis id="49AF1ADE8368DBAAF23023EBCCC798F6" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. kelleni</emphasis>
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, unless the skin was overstuffed. The specimen resembles West African populations of
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<emphasis id="9681AAF44E6C3CBA190AFB57C6DABA0E" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. lorraineus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but
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<emphasis id="2208F97E4EFB443FFAF3A8BFCC62574E" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. crassicaudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cannot be ruled out because distinguishing these two species is difficult using only skin characters. Accurate identification to species is elusive using only the skin, but samples taken the
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for molecular analyses might allow identification.
</paragraph>
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reported
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G. &quot;
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</emphasis>
&quot; (presumably
<taxonomicName id="7900E146B5B523FF0C6834E06DC36FFC" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spurrelli">
cf.
<emphasis id="64D0F75DAA8CD7D094CD21E442ACE63A" italics="true" pageNumber="824">spurrelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) from
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, caught in wooded savanna. They did not describe the specimen and provided no measurements, so its identification is uncertain. Other specimens from
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in collections of natural history museums in Bonn, Brussels, and Paris that I examined appear to represent
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<emphasis id="79E584B602F0D763DFEDD84C989ABA13" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. kelleni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but these examples consist of a tattered adult skin, juveniles, and skull fragments, and are difficult to allocate with certainty. The western distributional limit for
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<emphasis id="0FC99F0B06350C61696EDBF97F4F53C3" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. lorraineus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is therefore
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, and a series of specimens from Seredou,
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(in
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), also appear to represent this species. Morphological data and comparison with similar species given by
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and
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. Reviewed by
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and
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Press). See comments under
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<emphasis id="3DC73248763C9886FF0D0062A6051963" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. kelleni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="548472A3E2C647DA3B1E11D65FAF8459" italics="true" pageNumber="824">G. murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
.
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