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The woodland dormouse (Graphiurus murinus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. [2] It is native to southern and eastern Africa and is also known as the African dormouse , African dwarf dormouse , African pygmy dormouse , or colloquially as micro squirrel .
The African pygmy mouse (Mus minutoides) is one of the smallest rodents.It is widespread within sub-Saharan Africa, and is kept as a pet in other parts of the world. Like the common and widely introduced european house mouse, it is a member of the enormous superfamily Muroidea, which includes over 1000 different species.
Dormice likely originated in Europe, with the earliest dormouse genus Eogliravus being known from the Early Eocene (around 48-41 million years ago) of France. Dormice were relatively undiverse in the Eocene, but considerably diversified during the Oligocene (34-23 million years ago). Their ability to hibernate may have emerged during this period.
The African dormice (genus Graphiurus) are dormice that live throughout sub-Saharan Africa in a variety of habitats. They are very agile climbers and have bushy tails. They primarily eat invertebrates, with other components of their diet including small vertebrates, [2] fruit, nuts and eggs. [3]
African giant squirrel; African grass rat; African marsh rat; African pygmy mouse; African pygmy squirrel; African smoky mouse; African wading rat; Agag gerbil; Alexander's bush squirrel; Algerian mouse; Allen's wood mouse; Angolan marsh rat; Angolan wood mouse; Arid thicket rat; Awash multimammate mouse
African Pygmy" is used for disambiguation from "Asiatic Pygmy", a name applied to the Negrito populations of Southeast Asia. Dembner (1996) reported a universal "disdain for the term 'pygmy ' " among the Pygmy peoples of Central Africa: the term is considered a pejorative, and people prefer to be referred to by the name of their respective ...
Tiny rare dormice underwent a health check as the ZSL London Zoo prepares to release them into the wild in an effort to reintroduce the species once common across England and Wales. Each British ...
The desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis) is a species of rodent in the dormouse family, Gliridae. This species was formerly placed in its own family, Seleviniidae , but it is now considered to be a dormouse, monotypic within the genus Selevinia . [ 2 ]